If you’ve ever watched the film 127 hours, you’ll be hugely paranoid about going hiking without anyone knowing where you are. Let’s just say that the consequences can be less than ideal.
Thankfully, technology makes it much easier to let your emergency contacts know where you are if something goes wrong. The Safety Check feature on someGoogle phonesand smartwatches makes it quick and easy to automatically let your contacts know if you haven’t checked in at the appropriate time. It will even share your location so that they can contact the emergency services or come and find you themselves.
Here’s what you need to know about Safety Check on Pixel devices and how it works.
What is Safety Check on Pixel?
Safety Check is a feature on some Google/Fitbit smartwatches and Google smartphones that can keep your emergency contacts informed of your whereabouts if you don’t check in at the end of an activity such as walking alone or going for a run. If something untoward happens, and you don’t respond to the alert on your phone or watch when the timer is up, your specified emergency contacts will be informed that you haven’t checked in. Yourcurrent location will also be sharedwith those contacts. Your contacts can then get in touch with emergency services or try to track you down themselves.
What do I need to use Safety Check?
Safety Check is currently available on Google Pixel smartphones, as well as the Google Pixel Watch running Wear OS 4 or newer, and theGoogle Pixel Watch 2. In order to be able to use the feature, you’ll need to have location enabled, and have a Wi-Fi or 4G LTE connection. Data rates may apply when using Safety Check on an LTE connection.
How to use Safety Check on the Google Pixel Watch
If you have a Google Pixel Watch 2, or aGoogle Pixel Watchrunning Wear OS 4 or later, it’s quick and easy to start Safety Check.
How to use Safety Check on a Google Pixel phone
You can also use the Safety Check feature on aGoogle Pixel phone. It works in a similar manner to how you use it on the Google Pixel Watch.
