Butt dialing someone is embarrassing enough, but it's another thing entirely when it's 911. You never want to look at your iPhone and see an ongoing call with emergency services, but ...

People don’t know you can call for help from their phone even if their phone is locked with a passcode. If they have an iPhone, just swipe up on the screen. Even if their phone is locked ...

Can I teach him how to dial 911 when there’s no landline in the house and he doesn’t know the password on my cellphone? — Ann ...

If they have an iPhone, just swipe up on the screen to reveal a phone keypad. You won't be able to call anyone else but you can dial 911. If you swipe up again and tap “emergency” at the ...

Sometimes your iPhone can get "stuck" on the "SOS Only" warning, causing it to appear in areas where you normally get a ...

You can tell the Apple HomePod, "Hey, Siri, call 911." Easy. Here’s the caveat: The speaker must be connected to an iPhone ...

If you own a recent iPhone or Pixel phone, you’ve got an emergency backup communication option in a crisis: satellite ...

MASON, Ohio — Roller coaster rides are setting off a new Apple crash detection feature launched in September that automatically alerts emergency services. The Warren County Communications Center ...

This feature is designed to allow you to quickly call for help without ... the Volume and Power buttons, your iPhone will start a short countdown and dial 911 automatically. If you rapidly press ...

"The owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash and is not responding to their phone," an automated voice says in the call to 911, before also providing longitude and latitude coordinates.