Apple responds to earthquake warning feature

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In the early morning of August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, Shandong, and the earthquake was felt in many places. After the earthquake in Dezhou, Shandong, whether the mobile phone has an earthquake warning function has attracted the attention of netizens. The topic of Apple mobile phones not having an earthquake warning function has been heatedly discussed by netizens.

Some media released ways to activate the earthquake early warning function of different mobile phone models, but Apple and Samsung mobile phones need to search for the keyword “earthquake early warning” and download the relevant APP by themselves.

In this regard, Apple customer service responded to the media saying that the iPhone does have the earthquake warning function, but currently the earthquake warning function is only available in countries with frequent earthquakes, such as Japan and Haiti. In China, the iPhone earthquake warning function can also be downloaded from the app store.

The customer service also later said that the iPhone can also realize the earthquake early warning function: the first step is to turn on the “vibration” switch; the second step is to use a third-party earthquake early warning app, which can be downloaded in the app store.

According to Apple’s official website, on the page about emergency alerts and government alerts on the iPhone, users can turn on “Government Alerts” at the bottom of the “Notifications” column. By default, it is turned on. When the user’s country or region When the government issues an alert, users will hear a distinctive sound similar to a siren. However, the reporter did not find the “Government Alert” option at the bottom of the “Notification” column of many iPhones.

Source: The Paper

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