Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive Verizon outage Jan. 14, downed tens of thousands of Verizon phones, with Verizon customers eager to "fix" SOS mode on ...

Soon your 911 call may give the option to send secure photos and videos to dispatchers to help them assess the scene and respond. Emergency platforms RapidSOS and Prepared recently shared their plans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Garmin company, which makes InReach satellite devices, has released its annual report on how people got into trouble over the ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

Google has added a new feature to Emergency SOS on Android that prevents devices from accidentally dialing 911. The feature aims to reduce unintentional calls made to emergency services after the ...

Have you ever accidentally triggered the emergency SOS call feature on your Samsung Galaxy device? You’re not alone. Read on to learn what happens when you inadvertently activate the SOS call, and how ...

Some iPhone users may have noticed that whenever a bout of bad weather hits the area, their cell phones display something a little unusual in their status bar: SOS or SOS only. SOS and SOS only on ...

Note: This toggle may have another name on other devices. For instance, on vivo devices, this is called SOS Call. Notably, if you don’t want to leave the feature activated but don’t want to connect to ...

If your phone is suddenly displaying "SOS," "no service," or "emergency calls only" and you're on Verizon's network, it's probably not your phone's fault, and you're certainly not alone. More than 100 ...

A massive Verizon outage Jan. 14, downed tens of thousands of Verizon phones, with Verizon customers eager to "fix" SOS mode on iPhones and turn off "Emergency Calls Only" on Samsung/Android phones.