Toronto Police Services have just lately shared on X (Twitter) that it’s receiving much more unintended ‘pocket dial’ calls previously few weeks and is thus asking Toronto residents to turn off their emergency SOS iOS options.
Even although you’ll be able to’t turn off the emergency name menu, you’ll be able to disable a function that can routinely name 911 if you happen to maintain each the ability and quantity buttons for an prolonged time frame. This known as ‘Call with Hold and Release’ and it’s on by default however you’ll be able to disable it within the ‘Emergency SOS’ part throughout the iOS settings app. To be clear, you must solely turn this off if you happen to don’t suppose you’ll want it. If you’ve gotten a medical situation or are strolling alone at night time, it’s all the time a good suggestion to have this function enabled.
To be clear, the police aren’t asking customers to disable the choice to emergency name, simply the choice that makes the calls occur routinely. This is smart to me and I’ve had mine turned off for years since I had a case at one level, my cellphone was too cosy and would name 911 if it bought bumped in my bag.
This function is accessible on the iPhone 8 and newer units and was added to iPhones in iOS 11. Notably, this isn’t the automotive crash detection function that was added extra just lately that additionally led to some police stations close to curler coasters to get plenty of calls.
Source: Toronto Police Services
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