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Test of UK Emergency Alerts Service announced
Created: 07/04/2023The UK Government has announced that the first large-scale test of the new Emergency Alerts system will take place on Sunday 23 April 2023 at 15:00.
The system works with more modern versions of Android and iOS smartphones, and will do the following:
The sound and vibration will last for about 10 seconds.
The system is intended to be used in the future to alert people to relevant major incidents, such as wildfires, severe flooding and extreme weather. Similar systems have been deployed abroad with some success.