Key Highlights
- Tensions are rising across Indo-Pak borders
- Operation Sindoor conducted to strike down terror organisations and infrastructure
- Mock drills conducted across the country on May 7, 2025
- Fresh attacks shatters Poonch in Jammu & Kashmir
- High-time to enable emergency alerts on smartphones
- Can help receiving wireless emergency alerts shared by the government
- Can be activated on both Android and iOS devices
Indo-Pak border tensions are certainly escalating and seems like there could be some real emergency-like situations soon. After 26 tourists lost their life in the heinous terror attack carried out in Pahalgam Kashmir, Pakistan army now carried out shell attacks claiming life of 15 innocent civilians and one army personnel. This cowardice move apparently comes after the Operation Sindoor carried out by the Indian army in retaliation to the Pahalgam attack striking down terror organisations and infrastructure in the nearby region.
Indian government also seem to be taking swift actions countering all such terror attacks. Following Operation Sindoor, Operation Abhyaas was carried out on May 7, 2025 which was essentially a nation safety mock drill bolstering preparedness for war-like emergency scenarios. This is the high time when staying alert related to the current-affairs, specifically Indo-Pak tensions is a necessity. So is enabling the government emergency alerts on your smartphones.
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Government Emergency Alerts On Your Smartphones: Saviour Feature In Case Of War-Like Emergencies
All the modern smartphones are integrated with emergency alert feature that can keep a user updated with any emergency. This feature is available across Android and iOS ecosystems; specifically the latest firmware builds. For Android, the Android v11 and above comes with Emergency Alerts feature. On the other hand, Apple provides emergency alerts feature with iOS 17 and above.
These wireless alerts can notify users of current emergencies even without active mobile connections. This makes them extra handy in emergency situations. So, how do you enable them? Find out the steps to activate wireless emergency alert feature on both Android and iOS platforms:
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How To Enable Wireless Emergency Alerts On Android
Step 1: Unlock your Android phone and launch the Settings app
Step 2: Navigate to the ‘Safety And Emergency’ option
Step 3: At the bottom, you’ll find the ‘Wireless emergency alerts’. Tap on it.
Step 4: Enable all the necessary emergency alert options including AMBER, government, and Test alerts.
That’s all, you’ll receive emergency alert notifications wirelessly on your Android device even if there is no mobile connection.
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How To Enable Wireless Emergency Alerts On iOS
Step 1: Unlock your iPhone open the Settings menu
Step 2: Go to the Notification option.
Step 3: Navigate to the ‘Test Alerts’ and the ‘Government alerts’ section
Step 4: Enable it.
