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Government Alerts on iPhone

What is the difference between "Emergency Alerts" and "Public Safety Alerts"?

What kind of alerts do I get with "Emergency Alerts" turned on? What kind of alerts do I get with "Public Safety Alerts" turned on?

Posted on Oct 16, 2019 6:08 PM

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Posted on Oct 18, 2019 10:42 AM

Found out the answer from Apple:

Emergency alerts are normally weather related, like storms, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.

Public safety alerts are if the police are looking for someone dangerous in your area, or anything of that sort: threats, terrorism, etc.

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