In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

 

• Access Personal Safety

• Set up Personal Safety

• Turn on Safety check

• Turn on Emergency sharing

• Access Personal Safety settings

• Enable Emergency SOS

 

Access Personal Safety

From the home screen, swipe up from the center of the screen to access the Apps tray, then navigate to and select the Safety app. 

 

 

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Set up Personal safety 

1. Select Continue as to continue as the Google account registered on the device, or select Use Personal Safety without an account then follow the prompts.

 

 

2. Select the Features tab. Select the desired safety option to set up and follow the prompts. 

 

 

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Turn on Safety check

1. From the Features tab, select Start a Safety Check. Enter the desired Reason and Duration, then select Next. 

 

Note: Safety check will alert your emergency contacts that you failed to check in with the Personal safety app.

 

 

2. Select the desired emergency contact to alert, then select Start.

 

 

3. To turn Safety check off, select Stop. Select Stop again to confirm.

 

Note: In case of an emergency, you can select Call 911 or Emergency sharing.

 

 

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Turn on Emergency sharing

1. From the Features tab, select Start sharing next to Emergency Sharing. Select the desired emergency contact to share your location with, then select Share and follow the prompts. 

 

Note: Emergency sharing allows you to share your location with your emergency contacts for up to 24 hours or until you turn it off. 

 

 

2. To turn off Emergency sharing, select Stop. Select Stop sharing to confirm.

 

 

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Access Personal Safety settings

From the Personal safety screen, select the Your info tab. Editing settings as desired.

 

 

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Enable Emergency SOS

ACCESS EMERGENCY SOS: 1. If you’re in an emergency situation, you can use your phone to start emergency actions like calling for help, sharing your location with your emergency contacts, and recording video. From the home screen, swipe down from the Notification bar with two fingers, then select the  Settings icon.

2. Scroll to and select Safety & emergency, then select Emergency SOS.

 

USE EMERGENCY SOS: You can use Emergency SOS from any screen. Quickly press the Power button five times, then select and hold the center of the screen for 3 seconds to confirm. Your device will call emergency services.