How to set up SOS call and message on Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro

Emergency calls on Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro

It is important to have activated and configured both the medical data and the SOS emergency calls on your Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro since you never know when you are going to need it and it may be too late to make this configuration when it is necessary.

You will be able to make emergency calls to a contact without having to unlock the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, even without having to take it out of your pocket by pressing a defined button a series of times.

Depending on the country and as long as you have a SIM card, you can define if you want your Galaxy Watch5 Pro to make an automatic call to the emergency services.

Follow the steps below to also add medical data to your Galaxy Watch5 Pro, in the event of an accident, the emergency services will be able to see data such as blood group, allergies, weight, organ donation and contact persons without accessing the rest of the content of the telephone.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro also has a fall sensor, very useful when doing sports, since it will detect falls and in the event that the owner of the watch does not respond after a fall, it will make an automatic call to the emergency services sending location.

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Configure emergency calls on Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro

It is only possible to configure emergency calls for devices with a SIM or eSIM card since they make use of the call service through the GSM network or, failing that, it must be connected to a Wi-Fi network or via Bluetooth to another device that has a GSM connection or to the Internet.

1- First step:

To start setting up SOS emergency calls on a Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, open the app that controls the smartwatch called “Galaxy Wearable”. If you do not have it installed, you will have to download it from the Play Store or Galaxy Store.

2- Second step:

Once inside the “Galaxy Wearable” application you will see your Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, smart watch, if you do not have it configured first you must link the watch with your smartphone. Click on “Clock settings” to start configuring SOS calls and fall detection.

3- Third step:

Once inside the smart watch settings, go down through the settings until you find the section called “Advanced functions” and press to access.

4- Fourth step:

Within the advanced settings or “Advanced functions” of the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, you will see a section called “SOS”. Click to access.

5- Fifth step:

An On/Off button will appear in the SOS call and message settings. If it is deactivated, press to activate it. Messages will appear to accept the privacy policy and permissions that the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro needs to access in order to make emergency calls.

6- Sixth step:

A window will appear asking us to add an emergency contact, you can select it from the contact list of your phone or create a new contact. If this window does not appear, click on “Send messages to”.

7- Seventh step:

Next, configure the emergency call, for this, click on “Make SOS call to”.

8- Eighth step:

You can also activate the fall detector, when the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro detects a fall, whether walking, running or cycling, if the user does not cancel, it will send an emergency message to the contacts that have been defined. Activate the “Detect falls” section.

9- Ninth step:

With these steps you have configured emergency calls and messages and fall detection on the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, to test its operation, press the power button three times.

Make SOS call on Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro

1- First step:

To make an emergency call from the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, press the power button or home button three times in a row.

2- Second step:

A five-second countdown will appear to give the option to cancel sending the SOS emergency call and message. If you do not cancel it, it will be sent to all the defined contacts.