{"id":405367,"date":"2025-09-07T13:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405367\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:49:11","slug":"samsung-issues-alert-to-all-uk-galaxy-owners-and-it-will-affect-your-phone-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405367\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung issues ‘alert’ to all UK Galaxy owners and it will affect your phone today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung Galaxy devices will belt out an alarm at 3pm today – here’s why.<\/p>\n

10:14, 07 Sep 2025Updated 10:15, 07 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"SamsungSamsung Galaxy S24 alert(Image: SAMSUNG)<\/p>\n

Samsung has issued an urgent reminder to all of its UK Galaxy owners that their devices will suddenly start blaring out a loud alarm later today<\/a>. The noise and screen warning are all part of a test being pushed out by the UK government. In the future, this warning could be used to tell homes about life-threatening emergencies such as storms, flooding and wildfires.<\/p>\n

Explaining more, Samsung said in a post on its newroom blog: “Samsung Electronics are letting our customers know that the UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday, 7 September 2025 at 3pm.<\/p>\n

“Your mobile phone or tablet will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound, even if it is set on silent.<\/p>\n

“The alert message will confirm this is a test and that you do not need to take any further action.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Samsung Galaxy S25 update just made owning a Samsung phone far more affordable<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, it’s not just Samsung devices that will be affected today. Other Android gadgets and iPhones will also blare out a loud sound as well.<\/p>\n

Although today is just a test, it’s hoped that these new warnings could help prevent people being killed or injured in the future and it’s a good idea to be keep things switched on.]<\/p>\n

If you really don’t want to hear the Emergency Alerts you can turn them off – we have ful details below.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Samsung wants to make your home smarter and save you money at the same time<\/a><\/p>\n

How to opt out of the alerts<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can switch the system off, although that means you won’t get future messages or real-life warnings. It’s easy to stop the alerts.<\/p>\n

iPHONE<\/a> USERS: To opt out, Apple iPhone users should go to settings, search for “Emergency Alerts”, and turn off Severe & Emergency Alerts.<\/p>\n

ANDROID USERS: Those with Android can do the same by searching “Emergency Alerts” in settings and switching off Severe & Emergency Alerts.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time this system has been tested. The first alert was pushed out back in 2023. However, some phone users – using the Three network – didn’t receive the message. That’s something the UK government is trying to resolve this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy devices will belt out an alarm at 3pm today – here’s why. 10:14, 07 Sep 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[2061,1662,16835,1666,547,9297,22517,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-405367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-apple","10":"tag-floods","11":"tag-iphone","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-samsung-galaxy","14":"tag-samsung-inc","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115163336722402399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}