One woman said iPhone SOS saved her life after a scary night on the beach, Wavy reports. And inside the article
Kelly Worst left the beach at 2 a.m. on thismoment an unknown man asked her to help find his iPhone. In the end, it turned out to be a ruse, because soon the man attacked her. Trying to get out, Wurst turned to her iPhone for help. She activated the SOS function by pressing and holding the side button and the volume button and then swiping her finger across the screen. After that, the 911 service was able to hear everything that was happening.
Fortunately, the officers quickly arrived at the scene, at which point the man began to run.
The most common way to activateSOS function on iPhone – This is to press and hold the side button and one of the volume buttons. After this, you will have the opportunity to swipe your finger over the inscription that appears to make a call. This feature called "Auto Call" can be configured by going to "Settings", "Emergency SOS" and turning on “Call on Hold”.
You can also call the emergency services,quickly pressing the side button five times. This will start a countdown and sound an alarm if “Countdown Sound” is enabled in the settings. When the countdown ends, the iPhone itself will call emergency services. Like auto call, 5-tap calling can be enabled by going to “Settings” and turning on “5-tap calling.”