It is a sad reality that women are vigilant when walking alone at night, but knowing about this feature can help protect you in dangerous situations.
The TikTok user who appeared on a recent podcast episode revealed the little-known feature that instantly connects people with emergency services and your emergency contacts.
That’s what Pensionist writes.
She said: “I just showed some people in my life who didn’t know about it, that you have to press the iPhone side button five times.”
You can see at the bottom of this article where the side button on an iPhone is…
Here’s how to do it
But when the host said she didn’t know anything about the phone feature, the social media influencer explained: “I’m constantly afraid of being kidnapped and I talk about it throughout the episode. But being kidnapped is my biggest fear. So if you have a iPhone and you click the side button five times, it goes into an emergency system. If you don’t press cancel, it automatically calls emergency services.”
iPhone users must quickly press the side button on the top of the phone five times to access the emergency call feature.
This feature calls 112 and shares your location with emergency services and contacts.
Apple announced the Emergency Call feature last year that allows iPhone 14 users to send text messages in an emergency without being connected to Wi-Fi.
Crazy stories from users
In the comments section, some people revealed that they would accidentally press the iPhone’s side button without meaning to, especially when trying to turn off their alarms in the morning.
One person wrote: “I did when I tried to turn off my alarm once and yes the police got a call and showed up at my dad’s house at 6am.”
Another added: “I did when I tried to snooze my alarm.”
Some said that Android devices also have an emergency call feature.
One user wrote: “Android does this too, but there it’s 3 clicks to record voice for about a minute, take quick photos on both the front and back camera, and pin the location.”
