What government emergency alert will sound like as millions of phones to go off on Sunday | UK | News
The Emergency Warning System of the UK is being tested this weekend and a alarm to be sent to millions of devices throughout the country is set. A country -wide warning test will allow the government to check that the system works as it should be and that people will be successfully notified in a real emergency.
The system was previously tested once in April 2023, and since then, in December 2024, when strong winds caused dangerous conditions in the regions of the country, it was deployed five times in emergency scenarios such as Storm Darragh. When the warning system was tested in 2023, some mobile phones on the three networks did not receive a warning. After the test, the government said it would solve problems to send the warning to everyone. This time, the warning will be on Sunday, September 7 at 15:00, a siren and vibration will take about 10 seconds or until the user closes the warning. People may prefer to receive a warning by changing the settings on their phones, but most people are recommended to keep the service open in real emergencies.
However, in some cases, people can be recommended to close. Domestic abuse charities, if the alarm warned those who abuse the device, the victims called for a hidden phones to close the alarm.
The government warned the British not to read or respond to emergency warnings during driving. If you drive when a warning sounds, you should find a safe and legal place to stop before reading the message.
The government has announced that the warning should be sent to all harmonious devices, but some may not be alarm in certain cases.
Persons with devices that are not connected to 4G or 5G may not be warned and they may not be warned to people with older phones.
Who won’t get the emergency warning
The Emergency Warning System operates using phone poles to ping all compatible mobile phones in its range. It does not require the government to know your location or your phone number, and personal data is not collected or stored by the system.
This means that everyone who is outside the country cannot get a warning, only those who are in the range of a mobile phone pole in the UK.
Emergency warnings work on all 4G and 5G telephone networks in the UK. However, even if you are in December and have opened warnings, there are several reasons why your phone cannot receive a warning. These are your device:
Compatible with emergency warnings, phones include:
If you have an earlier version of Android, you can still get warnings. Call your device settings for ’emergency warnings’ to check.
Other phones that do not run iOS or Android can also get warnings. However, if your phone is in aircraft mode, you may not be able to get it when the warning is sent.
