3.15 Safety and emergency

Introduction: Galaxy S23 safety and emergency settings page lets you manage your medical information and emergency contacts. You can also change settings for emergency features, such as wireless emergency alerts.

On the Settings screen, tap Safety and emergency.

• Medical info: Enter your medical information.
• Emergency contacts: Add your emergency contacts.
• Emergency SOS: Set the device to make an emergency call to the preset number when you press the Side key five times.
• Emergency sharing: Set the device to send information, such as your location or your device’s lower battery notifications, to your emergency contacts for a certain period of time.
• Emergency Location Service: Turn on the Emergency Location Service (ELS) feature.
• Wireless emergency alerts: Change the settings for wireless emergency alerts.

Some features may not be available depending on the model.

Other Galaxy S23 Online User Manual pages

Pages also in this part:

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Samsung account
• 3.3 Connections
• 3.4 Connected devices
• 3.5 Modes and Routines
• 3.6 Sounds and vibration
• 3.7 Notifications
• 3.8 Display
• 3.9 Wallpaper and style
• 3.10 Themes
• 3.11 Home screen
• 3.12 Lock screen
• 3.13 Security and privacy
• 3.14 Location
• 3.15 Safety and emergency
• 3.16 Accounts and backup
• 3.17 Google
• 3.18 Galaxy S23 Advanced features
• 3.19 Digital Wellbeing and parental controls
• 3.20 Battery and device care
• 3.21 Apps
• 3.22 General management
• 3.23 Software update
• 3.24 About phone

List of all pages of Galaxy S23 Online User Manual:

• Part 1: Getting Started with Galaxy S23
  • 1.1 Device layout and functions
  • 1.2 Charging the battery
  • 1.3 Nano-SIM card and eSIM on Galaxy S23
  • 1.4 Turning Galaxy S23 on and off
  • 1.5 Initial setup of Galaxy S23
  • 1.6 Samsung account on Galaxy S23
  • 1.7 Transferring data from your previous device (Smart Switch) to Galaxy S23
  • 1.8 Understanding the Galaxy S23 screen
  • 1.9 Notification panel on Galaxy S23
  • 1.10 Screen capture and screen record on Galaxy S23
  • 1.11 Entering text on Galaxy S23
• Part 2: Apps and Features on Galaxy S23
  • 2.1 Installing or uninstalling apps on Galaxy S23
  • 2.2 S Pen (Galaxy S23 Ultra only)
  • 2.3 Phone app on Galaxy S23
  • 2.4 Contacts app on Galaxy S23
  • 2.5 Messages app on Galaxy S23
  • 2.6 Camera
  • 2.7 Galaxy S23 Gallery app
  • 2.8 AR Zone on Galaxy S23
  • 2.9 Bixby on Galaxy S23
  • 2.10 Bixby Vision
  • 2.11 Multi window (Using multiple apps at once) on Galaxy S23
  • 2.12 Samsung Internet
  • 2.13 Samsung Wallet
  • 2.14 Samsung Pay
  • 2.15 Samsung Health
  • 2.16 Samsung Notes
  • 2.17 Samsung Members
  • 2.18 Samsung Kids
  • 2.19 Samsung Global Goals
  • 2.20 Samsung TV Plus
  • 2.21 Galaxy Shop
  • 2.22 Galaxy Wearable
  • 2.23 PENUP (Galaxy S23 Ultra)
  • 2.24 Calendar app on Galaxy S23
  • 2.25 Reminder (Receiving notifications for to-do items)
  • 2.26 Voice Recorder on Galaxy S23
  • 2.27 My Files app
  • 2.28 Clock
  • 2.29 Calculator app on Galaxy S23
  • 2.30 Game Launcher on Galaxy S23
  • 2.31 Game Booster
  • 2.32 SmartThings
  • 2.33 Sharing content
  • 2.34 Music Share
  • 2.35 Smart View (Mirroring on a TV screen)
  • 2.36 Link to Windows
  • 2.37 Samsung DeX
  • 2.38 Google apps
• Part 3: Settings
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Samsung account
  • 3.3 Connections
  • 3.4 Connected devices
  • 3.5 Modes and Routines
  • 3.6 Sounds and vibration
  • 3.7 Notifications
  • 3.8 Display
  • 3.9 Wallpaper and style
  • 3.10 Themes
  • 3.11 Home screen
  • 3.12 Lock screen
  • 3.13 Security and privacy
  • 3.14 Location
  • 3.15 Safety and emergency
  • 3.16 Accounts and backup
  • 3.17 Google
  • 3.18 Galaxy S23 Advanced features
  • 3.19 Digital Wellbeing and parental controls
  • 3.20 Battery and device care
  • 3.21 Apps
  • 3.22 General management
  • 3.23 Software update
  • 3.24 About phone
• Part 4: Usage Notices
  • 4.1 Precautions for using the device
  • 4.2 Notes on package contents and accessories
  • 4.3 Maintaining water and dust resistance
  • 4.4 Dealing with Galaxy S23 overheating situations and solutions
• Part 5. Appendix
  • 5.1 Accessibility on Galaxy S23
  • 5.2 Galaxy S23 Troubleshooting
  • 5.3 Removing the battery

You may check other Galaxy S23 guides organized in the following 4 sections.

• Galaxy S23 new features guides. Galaxy S23 new features guides explain the new features of Galaxy S23 and show you how to use them.
• Galaxy S23 how-to guides. Galaxy S23 how-to guides show you how to use and customize Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra to meet your needs.
• Galaxy S23 camera guides. Galaxy S23 camera guides show you how to use Galaxy S23 camera features to shoot the best photos and videos with the top-notch camera system in Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra.
• Galaxy S23 accessories guides. Galaxy S23 accessories guides explore useful Galaxy S23 accessories and show you how to use them to protect your phone or increase your productivity (or fun).

Besides, you can read and download (in PDF format) the official Galaxy S23 user manual.

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