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CTOnews.com, January 11 (Xinhua)-- Apple released an update to the iOS 16.3 Beta 2 version for developers on Tuesday, with detailed adjustments to some functions of iPhone and iPad. One of the notable changes is that Apple has adjusted the "Call with Hold" option in the "SOS emergency contact" function in this update.

CTOnews.com mini-class: through "SOS Emergency contact", Apple users can easily and quickly call for help and remind your emergency contact.

When you make a call through SOS, iPhone automatically dials the local emergency number. In some countries and regions, you may need to select the services you need. For example, on Chinese mainland, you can choose police, fire or ambulance.

You can also add emergency contacts. After an emergency call ends, iPhone will text your emergency contact unless you choose to cancel. IPhone will send your current location information to your emergency contact and send updates to your emergency contact as your location changes within a period of time after you enter SOS mode.

Apple renamed "Call with Hold" to "Call with Hold and Release" in the iOS 16.3 Beta 2 update. According to the new description, iPhone will now wait until you release the button before calling the emergency service, even after the countdown. This is a complete description:

Call with Hold and Release

If you continue to press and hold the side button and any volume button, the countdown begins and the alarm goes off. After the countdown is over, if you release the button, iPhone will call the emergency service.

And the previous description of "Call with Hold"

If you press and hold the side button and the volume button, the SOS Emergency contact slider appears. If you continue to hold them down, the countdown begins and the alarm sounds. At the end of the countdown, iPhone calls the emergency service.

It is not clear whether the change is permanent or whether Apple is just experimenting with new behavior. In iOS 16. 2, Apple started soliciting feedback from users who triggered the emergency SOS and then canceled it. This came after reports that the feature was triggered by someone's error.

To make a call on an iPhone 8 or newer model:

The shutdown slider, the Medical first Aid Card slider, and the SOS Emergency contact slider are displayed on the iPhone. The SOS Emergency contact slider is counting down.

Press and hold the side button and any volume button until the SOS Emergency contact slider appears.

Drag the Emergency call slider to call the emergency service. If you continue to press and hold the side button and volume button instead of dragging the slider, the system will start the countdown and sound a reminder. If you hold down these two buttons until the countdown is over, iPhone will automatically call the emergency service.

Make a call on an iPhone 7 or earlier model:

Quickly press the side (or top) button five times. The Emergency call slider appears. (in India, you only need to press this button three times and iPhone will automatically call the emergency service. )

Drag the SOS Emergency contact slider to call emergency services.

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