Learn how to add emergency contacts, turn on safety check and notify your emergency contacts of your location.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
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• Access Personal Safety
• Set up Personal Safety
• Turn on Safety check
• Turn on Emergency sharing
• Access Personal Safety settings
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From the home screen, swipe up from the center of the screen to access the Apps tray, then navigate to and select the Personal Safety app.Â
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Note: Personal Safety app features are dependent upon network connectivity and other factors and may not be reliable for emergency communications or available in all areas. For more
information, see g.co/pixel/personalsafety.
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1. Select Continue as to continue as the Google account registered on the device, or select Use Personal Safety without an account then follow the prompts.
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2. Select the Features tab. Select the desired safety option to set up and follow the prompts.Â
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1. From the Personal safety screen, select Safety Check. Enter the desired Reason and Duration, then select Next.Â
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Note: Safety check will alert your emergency contacts that you failed to check in with the Personal safety app.
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2. Select the desired emergency contact to alert, then select Start.
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3. To turn Safety check off, select Stop. Select Stop again to confirm.
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Note: In case of an emergency, you can select Call 911 or Emergency sharing.
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1. From the desired event, select Emergency Sharing. Select the desired emergency contact to share your location with, then select Share and follow the prompts.Â
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Note: Emergency sharing allows you to share your location with your emergency contacts for up to 24 hours or until you turn it off.Â
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2. To turn off Emergency sharing, select Stop. Select Stop sharing to confirm.
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From the Personal safety screen, select the Your info tab. Editing settings as desired.
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