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Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK smartphones on 23rd April
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Both mine and hubbys iphones went off at 2.59 and hubby work android phone at 3.02.
Perhaps Apple users get a 3 minute head start.Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £26,322.672 -
Mine went off after all.0
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Well that was a load of fuss about nothing. Mine didn’t go off and the ones that did (I was in a shop) I though was quite quiet.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
Our O2 phones alarmed at 2:59, but it didn't work on my work Nokia on Vodafone with Android 12.
Nothing on tablets or fitness watches.Fashion on the Ration
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One minute early but why was it an American voice?1
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I didn't hear a voice. phones were making a loud noise and vibrating with a notice on the front screen. My watch was buzzing too.Le_Kirk said:One minute early but why was it an American voice?Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £26,322.671 -
Absolutely nothing. One on EE and one on O2.0
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Mine is Andriod 8 and worked , i wasn't expecting it too.facade said:75% of the phones in the house didn't work.No real surprise now I found out you need 4g and at least Androd 11 or IOS 14.5.So we have to buy new phones in case HMG want to warn us of a disaster......0 -
No voice announcement on either our iPhone or my Android phone. iPhone got it a minute before Android. Different networks, but maybe iPhone owners get a head start to the bunkers!
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