Emergency alerts to be released on your phone this year - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Emergency alerts set to be released on our phones this year By Kanika Banwait - March 2, 2022 We can all relate to the slight twinge of panic we feel when we see certain notifications pop up on our phones. Whether you’ve signed up to breaking news alerts or a person you’ve been avoiding has sent you a message, our access to instant information and contact is both a wonderful and stressful thing. Don’t even get us started on those Covid exposure alerts and the ‘pingdemic’. As it happens, a new type of emergency phone alert is expected to be launched by the UK government later this year. People can expect to receive a loud, siren-like sound notification on their mobile phones, warning of emergencies where there is a threat to life. This could be anything from an explosion, to severe flooding, to a public health crisis. Cabinet Office According to the government website, people will receive alerts based on their location at the time – not where they live, work, or spend most of their time. It explains the emergency alerts ‘work like a radio broadcast’, so the emergency services and the government don’t need your phone number to send you an alert and there’s nothing to sign up to in order to receive it. The government has insisted ‘no one will collect or share data about you, your device or your location when you receive an alert.’ And you can also opt out of some emergency alerts, but it’s advised to ‘keep them switched on for your own safety’. Cabinet Office The emergency alerts will only work if a phone is switched on and if it has the latest software updates. That means iPhones need to have iOS 14.5 or later installed. Android phones and tablets need to be Android 11 or later. Devices with older software, that are connected to a 2G or 3G network, or on aeroplane mode, will not receive the alerts. The new technology has been developed by the government, and comes to light after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a war on Ukraine. But the emergency phone alerts for the UK were actually trialed in Reading and Berkshire in June 2021, meaning they have been in the pipeline for some time. READ MORE: Woman reveals ‘secret button’ function on the back of iPhones RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved