How to Silence Annoyingly Loud Emergency Alerts on iPhone Without Disabling Them Completely
Wireless emergency alerts help warn mobile phone users of imminent threats to life or property, such as extreme weather and natural disasters. These alerts target affected geographic areas and come with a loud sound scary enough to make you want to turn off emergency alerts altogether on your iPhone, but there's a way to keep emergency alerts without the ear-splitting, intrusive sound. State and local government-issued alerts have been silenceable since iOS 14.5, so any iPhone model that's an iPhone 6S or newer can mute alert sounds. If you want to get straight to silencing these alerts, skip to the instructions below. Keep Emergency Alerts on but Shut the Sounds DownWhile wireless emergency alerts, or WEA, are meant to give you warnings of impending danger, they can be tempting to turn off because of their siren-like sounds, especially if you get a lot of stray alarms. They're worth keeping on, but they don't need to be accompanied by headache-inducing tones. The sound will...more
Filed under: Allgemein - @ 8. August 2024 18:04
