About emergency and authorities alerts on iPhone and Apple tree Lookout

Learn how to turn on emergency, government, and public rubber alerts on your iPhone and Apple Watch.

Y'all can receive emergency, regime, and public safety alerts on your iPhone and Apple Watch. In the upshot of an emergency, here's what you might run into:

  • Alerts issued by your country or region's government
  • Alerts involving imminent threats to safety or life
  • Alerts for farthermost weather conditions
  • Amber alerts (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response)*
  • Public Safety Alerts*

*Amber alerts and Public Safe Alerts aren't available in all countries or regions.

Turn Government Alerts on or off

By default, Government Alerts are turned on for your device.1 When you receive a government alert, yous hear a special sound that'southward similar to an warning. If you want to turn these alerts on or off, follow these steps:

  1. Become to Settings > Notifications.
  2. Roll to the very bottom of the screen.
  3. Under Government Alerts, turn the type of alert on or off.2

ane. Government Alerts are supported when using a SIM card from a supported carrier. Your Apple Watch can receive these alerts if your iPhone can receive them and is nearby, or your Apple Watch is on a Wi-Fi network. With a cellular plan from a supported carrier, your Apple Lookout Series 3 (GPS + cellular) or later can receive these alerts without your iPhone nearby. For more information, contact your carrier.

2. In some countries or regions, y'all may not be able to disable Government Alerts.

Choose to receive Test Emergency Alerts in the Usa

When your iPhone is connected to a carrier in the United States — using a U.South. SIM or while roaming in the U.S. — you can enable Examination Emergency Alerts. By default, this is turned off. When yous receive this type of alert, you'll hear a sound that'due south similar to an alarm, and the alert volition mention that it's a test.

Authorities test alerts are bachelor with U.S. carriers, including Puerto Rico. Your local government is responsible for the content and the frequency of the examination alerts. You tin can disable this feature someday with the following steps. For more data, contact your carrier.

If you're using an iPhone with iOS 15.4 or later or an Apple Sentry with cellular with watchOS 8.4 or later

To turn Test Alerts on, follow these steps:

  1. On your iPhone, download the Test Alerts profile:
    Test Alerts profile
  2. Tap Allow. If you're asked to cull the device that you want to install the profile on, choose iPhone or Apple tree Watch.
  3. Open the Settings app, so tap Contour Downloaded.
  4. Tap Install. Follow the onscreen instructions to cease installing the profile.
  5. Subsequently the contour is installed, on your iPhone or Apple Watch, go to Settings > Notifications.
  6. Turn on Test Alerts.

To plow Test Alerts off, either:

  • On your iPhone or Apple tree Watch, go to Settings > Notifications and plough off Exam Alerts.
  • On your iPhone or Apple Sentry, go to Settings > General > Device Management and remove the profile.

If you're using an iPhone with iOS 15.three or earlier

To turn Test Alerts on, follow these steps:

  1. Open up the Phone app and tap Keypad.
  2. Enter *5005*25371# and tap the Call button. Y'all'll get an alert that says "Exam alerts enabled."

To plow Exam Alerts off:

  1. Open the Telephone app and tap Keypad.
  2. Enter *5005*25370# and tap the Telephone call button. You'll get an alert that says "Examination alerts disabled."

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