If you open another app that uses your camera, Emergency recording will be paused. When Emergency recording is paused, your recording shows a gray screen. To go back to your Emergency recording, open the Safety app again or tap the notification at the top of your screen.

Some Personal Safety app features require Location Services and permissions to be turned on, such as emergency sharing, car crash detection and crisis alerts. For some user types, location sharing is available in certain countries and regions only. Learn more about location sharing.

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Important: Anyone who picks up your phone can find your lock screen message and emergency information even if your phone is locked. You can turn this setting off in the Safety app .

After you complete a call or text during which ELS was active, your phone sends usage, analytics, and diagnostics data to Google via Google Play Services. Google uses this info to analyze how well ELS works and doesn't receive any info that could identify you, including your location.

You can still use your phone to do other tasks like to share your location with emergency contacts and get help from local emergency services while Emergency recording is ongoing.

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When you send your location with ELS, the process is different from when you share your location with Google Maps. Learn more about Location Sharing with Google Maps.

If you're in an emergency situation, you can use your phone to start emergency actions like calling for help, sharing your location with your emergency contacts, and recording video.

Tip: If you turn notifications on for your emergency contacts, they're notified when a safety check is scheduled and has ended.

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If you place a call to emergency services by mistake, do not hang up. Tell the emergency operator that the call was accidental and that you do not need assistance.

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Tip: To remove the Safety app from your list of apps, you can disable it. Learn how to disable apps that came with your Android phone.

Emergency recording is intended for personal use in emergency situations to keep you safe. Google will automatically disable an active shared link if it's being shared excessively.

Sharing is dependent on your internet connection and there might be a gap between when your recording is finished and when video is uploaded and shared. Any emergency contact you share your video to can download a copy of it.

To help responders find you quickly, your phone's location can be sent when you dial or text an emergency number, like when you dial 911 in the US or 112 in Europe.

There can only be one sharing link active per video at a given time. Each link created has a 7-day expiration timer that is meant to protect your privacy. You can deactivate a link at any time. To refresh the expiration timer, deactivate the existing link and create a new link.

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Your phone can detect earthquakes in your area. To learn more about nearby earthquakes, open Google search and search for "earthquake in [your city or region]."

Learn how to use your Android device and get the most out of Google. Get step-by-step guides and instructional videos on how to set up your phone, customize your settings, and use apps.

If your phone turns off or loses signal, the safety check will remain active and will start an emergency share with your last known location at the scheduled check-in time.

To help them locate and assist you, your phone makes this data available to authorized emergency response services. Emergency response services receive this data directly from your phone, not through Google.

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Tip: When Multi-device location sharing is turned on for a device, we will use the device’s location as a backup in the case you start an Emergency Share on another device, but that other device can no longer share its location.

Important: You won't be able to share your real-time location with your emergency contacts unless you have a Wi-Fi or mobile network internet connection.

Important: If you turned on Emergency Sharing and video recording, these actions will start while your call is placed to emergency services. Learn more about recording video in an emergency.

When it's time to check for your safety, you'll get an alert for 60 seconds before emergency sharing begins. If you mark yourself safe, the emergency share will be canceled. You can stop the safety check at any time through the notification. If you don't choose one of the options in 60 seconds, emergency sharing will begin.

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Emergency recordings are automatically uploaded to the cloud to help prevent data loss if your phone is lost or destroyed during an emergency situation. Uploading to the cloud requires an internet connection and may cost money if you're on limited data access. Uploaded emergency recordings can be managed any time with an internet connection.

If you turn auto share on, a link to your video is automatically shared with all of your emergency contacts after each recording. If you don't have emergency contacts set up, your video won't be shared with anyone. If you decide you don't want to share the video, you have 15 seconds after recording to cancel sharing.

You can share your real-time location with others from your devices with location sharing. When you share your location with someone, that person can find your name, photo, and real-time location across Google products, including Google Maps. Your shared location information could include:

Earthquake alerts are on by default. You might not get alerts for all earthquakes in your area, and you will only receive alerts in supported countries. Occasionally, you may get an alert but not feel an earthquake in your location.

If your phone has ELS turned on, ELS may use Google Location Services and other info to determine the most accurate location for your phone during an emergency call. ELS may also send extra info, like the language your device is set up with.

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If Android Emergency Location Service (ELS) works in your country or region and on your mobile network, and you haven't turned ELS off, your phone will automatically send its location to first responders through ELS. If ELS is off, your mobile carrier might still send the device's location during an emergency call or text.

You can set up Emergency SOS so the emergency actions start automatically, or you can require a confirmation step before the actions start.

For example, on Android, if a state issues a severe storm alert as Wireless Emergency Alerts or Emergency Alert System, it’ll show on top of all other alerts, including Earthquake.

You can use the Personal Safety app to save and share your emergency info. Your phone can also contact emergency services automatically in some countries and regions and with certain carriers.

The Personal Safety app is available on some Android devices. The app will show as the Personal Safety app in Play Store and in settings. But in your list of apps, it only shows as the Safety app .