Samsung Galaxy S8 Active User Manual - Page 105

Send SOS Messages, View New Messages, Settings, Advanced features, Send SOS, messages, On/Off

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Send SOS Messages Send a message with your location to designated contacts when you are in an emergency situation. View New Messages When you receive a new message, appears on the Status bar. New message To enable SOS messages: 1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps. 2. Tap Settings > Advanced features > Send SOS messages, and then tap On/Off to enable this feature. 3. Tap Send messages to > Add and add recipients by creating new contacts or selecting from Contacts. • To include a picture from your front and rear camera in your SOS messages, tap Attach pictures. • To include a 5 second audio recording in your SOS message, tap Attach audio recording. To view the message: ► Open the Notification panel and tap the message. For more information, see "Notification Panel" on page 29. - or - From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps, tap Messages, and then tap the new message to view it. • To play a multimedia message attachment (audio or video), tap Play. • To scroll through the list of messages, swipe up or down the page. To send an SOS message: ► Press the Power key quickly three times. Apps 98

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Send SOS Messages
Send a message with your location to designated
contacts when you are in an emergency situation.
To enable SOS messages:
1.
From a Home screen, swipe up to access
Apps
.
2.
Tap
Settings
>
Advanced features
>
Send SOS
messages
, and then tap
On/Off
to enable this
feature.
3.
Tap
Send messages to
>
Add
and add recipients by
creating new contacts or selecting from Contacts.
To include a picture from your
front and
rear camera in your SOS messages, tap
Attach pictures
.
To include a 5 second audio recording in your
SOS message, tap
Attach audio recording
.
To send an SOS message:
Press the
Power
key quickly
three times.
View New Messages
When you receive a new message,
New message
appears on the Status bar.
To view
the message:
Open the Notification panel and tap the message.
For more information, see
“Notification Panel” on
page
29
.
– or –
From a Home screen, swipe up to access
Apps
, tap
Messages
, and
then tap the new
message to
view it.
To play a multimedia message attachment
(audio or
video), tap
Play
.
To scroll through the list of messages, swipe up
or down the page.
Apps
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