GPS location send automatically in emergency call

Hi,


I'm living in Sweden and would appreciate an answer if someone really knows the correct answer - not guessing how it works in other countries.


I wonder if the exact GPS location is sent automatically to the Swedish emergency (112), when/if I call them - either using the iPhone or my Apple Watch?


The reason I'm asking is because there's now an app, developed by "SOS Alarm" in Sweden, which sends the exact location when it's used in a call. But, if iOS is doing this as well - I - as an Apple user, don't need that app...


The only mentioning of this that I can find, is here (in Swedish), but it doesn't really answer my question:


"I vissa länder eller regioner kan platsinformationen (om den är tillgänglig) överföras till räddningstjänsten när du ringer ett nödsamtal."


https://support.apple.com/sv-se/guide/iphone/iph3c99374c/ios


In another place I can read the following, but it doesn't answer my main concern - if the GPS location actually is shared with the emergency service (in Sweden), because that's the most important thing - even though it's great that the defined emergency contacts get the data as well:


"Din iPhone skickar din nuvarande plats till dina nödkontakter, och under en period efter att du har gått över till SOS-läge skickas uppdateringar till dem när din plats ändras."


https://support.apple.com/sv-se/HT208076


Thanks in advance.

Sean

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 8:24 AM

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