When traveling, facing a medical emergency or getting stranded far from home is terrifying. In those moments, your phone becomes your lifeline. Android phones include several built-in safety and ...

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Your smartphone can do much more than text, take photos, and check the weather. In an emergency, it can call 911, notify your family, and share your location, even if you cannot press a single button.

Google is making a change to how the Pixel Watch handles Emergency SOS. So far, after tapping the watch crown five times, Emergency SOS would call authorities unless you canceled. Going forward, the ...