With the release of iOS 13.4, iPhone users now have more flexibility in receiving the emergency alert broadcast messages that the Korean government sends out. This is great news, as the coronavirus pandemic has seen local government and even national department offices using the service as an informative broadcast system that almost never has anything to do with actual emergencies.
On Android this wasn't a big problem, as these alerts can be received similarly to standard text messages. On iPhone, however, emergency alerts trigger a loud and repeating buzzing. Great for actual emergencies, not great for multiple daily reports of infection rates. This led to many people disabling the alerts completely on their iPhones.
However starting in iOS 13.4, users can now differentiate these alerts into actual emergency alerts and general public safety info alerts. You can disable either/or/both in the iOS settings, and those classified as public safety alerts will be delivered with normal notifications, not the blaring disaster alarm.
To adjust your settings, go to iOS settings > Notifications, and scroll all the way down to "Korean Public Alert System." There will now be 2 toggles, the 1st for emergency alerts, the 2nd for public safety info. Here's what it looks like in Korean:
Reminder that you can also use the Emergency Ready App from the Korean government to receive this alert info in English, although the translations have lately been mostly computer-generated and sometimes hard to understand. See more on that at my post here: Korean emergency alert messages on your phone
On Android this wasn't a big problem, as these alerts can be received similarly to standard text messages. On iPhone, however, emergency alerts trigger a loud and repeating buzzing. Great for actual emergencies, not great for multiple daily reports of infection rates. This led to many people disabling the alerts completely on their iPhones.
However starting in iOS 13.4, users can now differentiate these alerts into actual emergency alerts and general public safety info alerts. You can disable either/or/both in the iOS settings, and those classified as public safety alerts will be delivered with normal notifications, not the blaring disaster alarm.
To adjust your settings, go to iOS settings > Notifications, and scroll all the way down to "Korean Public Alert System." There will now be 2 toggles, the 1st for emergency alerts, the 2nd for public safety info. Here's what it looks like in Korean:
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| New alert options (English) |
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| Old vs. new alert options in iOS 13.4 (Korean) |
Reminder that you can also use the Emergency Ready App from the Korean government to receive this alert info in English, although the translations have lately been mostly computer-generated and sometimes hard to understand. See more on that at my post here: Korean emergency alert messages on your phone
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