How to check Emergency SOS and safety settings on a Google Pixel (Android 17)

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.260905.009)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Safety and emergency: Medical information › Emergency contacts › Emergency SOS › Car Crash Detection

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

What we did

Looked at each screen; changed nothing

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Add medical information

   Open Settings, Safety and emergency. Tap Medical information to add your name, blood type and more.

   Done

2. 

   Add emergency contacts

   Tap Emergency contacts to choose the people to contact.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Emergency SOS

   Emergency SOS was On on ours. Tap it.

   Done

4. 

   Read how SOS works and set it up

   The page says to press the power button quickly 5 times or more in an emergency. Your phone can call emergency services, share info with emergency contacts and record a video. Tap Start setup to choose these. We tapped Back and set nothing up.

   Done

5. 

   Check Car Crash Detection

   Back on Safety and emergency, tap Car Crash Detection. It was on on ours. How it works says the Pixel vibrates, sounds an alarm at maximum volume and asks if you need help; if you confirm or don't respond, it starts the actions you choose further down.

   Done

6. 

   Check the alerts

   Scroll down. Emergency Location Service, Earthquake alerts and Wireless emergency alerts were On on ours. Silence notifications while driving was Off.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Feature missing? Google says some emergency features depend on your country and phone. Source: Get help in an emergency using your Android phone
• Personal Safety app? There is an Open Personal Safety button at the top of the page.

If this does not work

• Not sure SOS is set up? Tap Emergency SOS. Ours showed the setup intro with Start setup, even though the list said On. Source: Get help in an emergency using your Android phone
• Want to test Car Crash Detection? Its page has a Try a demo button. We did not run it.

About this guide

Safety and emergency gathers the Pixel's emergency features in one page. On our Pixel 10a most were already on.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17, in Dark mode, with a SIM inserted. We only looked at these screens and changed nothing.

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In short: Settings, Safety and emergency: Medical information, Emergency contacts, Emergency SOS, Car Crash Detection, alerts.