TheSamsung Galaxy Watch 6, Watch 5, and Watch 4 are some of thebest Android smartwatches. The Galaxy Watch lineup features excellent health-tracking capabilities, a sleek design, and smooth performance. The cherry on top is Emergency SOS, which comes in handy if something goes wrong and you don’t have your phone with you. Before you use the watch’s built-in emergency service, you must set it up. Here’s how to set up Emergency SOS on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, Watch 5, or Watch 4.
What is Emergency SOS on the Samsung Galaxy Watch?
Emergency SOS on your Samsung Galaxy Watch lets you quickly contact a pre-specified person during a crisis. When triggered, your emergency contact receives a text message with your location as well as a call. You can alsoset up Emergency SOS on your Android phone.
Samsung’s Emergency SOS platform is different from what you’ll find on theGoogle Pixel Watchand the Apple Watch. When youactivate Emergency SOS on an Apple Watchor Pixel Watch, your device immediately contacts your local emergency service number. This doesn’t happen on the Galaxy Watch. It only calls your pre-specified emergency contact.
You can manually activate Emergency SOS on your Galaxy Watch. If your watch detects a hard fall, it automatically texts and calls your emergency contact.
This guide walks you through the steps to set up Emergency SOS on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 and its predecessors. If you use a Google Pixel Watch with your Android phone, check out our guide onhow to set up Emergency SOS and Fall Detection on your Pixel Watch.
How to add an emergency contact for Emergency SOS on the Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5, and Watch 6 series
Since the Galaxy Watch reaches out to your emergency contact in an urgent situation, you must set up the feature with a pre-specified contact.
The people you add to the list are contacted in case of an emergency.
Your Samsung Galaxy Watch sends an SOS message to all your emergency contacts, but it only calls the person you listed as the primary Emergency SOS contact.
How to add your medical history to Emergency SOS
You can add your medical info to make it easy for your emergency contact to access these details during a crisis. Your medical information isn’t automatically shared with your emergency contact when the mode is triggered. It must be manually accessed from your Galaxy Watch or the lock screen of your Galaxy phone.
you may’t enter or update your medical details if your Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5, or Watch 6 is paired with a non-Samsung phone.
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How to set up and trigger Emergency SOS on your Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5, and Watch 6
You’ll use the Galaxy Wearable app on the paired phone to set up Emergency SOS on your Galaxy Watch 6 and its predecessors.
SelectCountdownto call an emergency number automatically after 10 seconds.
If you want the Galaxy Watch to automatically reach out to your emergency contact after it detects that you are involved in a hard fall, turn on theHard fall detectionoption. You can customize this detection to only set off during physical activity, while working out, or always.
Emergency SOS mode on your Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5, or Watch 6 works even when it isn’t paired or connected to a phone if you have the LTE variant. For Bluetooth variants, the mode only works when connected to a phone.
When Emergency SOS is triggered, a message with the text “SOS! I need emergency help” and a link to your location is sent to your emergency contacts. They can view your location for 24 hours and receive a new message every 15 minutes if your whereabouts change. A call is also made to the primary emergency contact.
To stop the location from being shared, tap the ongoing SOS notification on your Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5, or Watch 6. Then, select theStop sharingoption.
Stay safe, healthy, and productive with your Samsung smartwatch
It pays to be prepared, so set up Emergency SOS when you get your new Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, Watch 5, or Watch 4. If you run into problems with Wear OS, you can fix them by referring to our guide that explainshow to deal with common Wear OS issues.
