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SOS messages
In an emergency situation, you can send an SOS message to the previously registered
emergency contact by quickly pressing the Galaxy Watch Active’s Home key three times.
Setting up SOS messages
1
Launch the
Galaxy Wearable
app on your mobile device and tap
Home
→
Send SOS
requests
, and tap the switch to activate it.
2
Follow the on-screen instructions to add emergency contacts if you have not already
done so.
Adding emergency contacts
1
Launch the
Galaxy Wearable
app on your mobile device and tap
Home
→
Send SOS
requests
→
Send SOS messages to
→
.
2
Tap
Create contact
and enter the contact information or tap
Select from Contacts
to
add an existing contact as an emergency contact.
Setting the SOS message delay
Set the Galaxy Watch Active to send an SOS message after a preset delay (to allow cancelling
the request) when you quickly press the Galaxy Watch Active’s Home key three times.
Launch the
Galaxy Wearable
app on your mobile device, tap
Home
→
Send SOS requests
,
and then tap the
Count down before sending
switch to activate it.
Sending SOS messages
In an emergency situation, quickly press the Galaxy Watch Active’s Home key three times.
When sending an SOS message, the
icon will display on the Watch screen and you can
view the result of your SOS request on the notification panel.
If the GPS feature is not activated on your Galaxy Watch Active or mobile device when
sending an SOS message, the GPS feature will be activated automatically to send the
location information.