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Realme: Add Photos or Audio to SOS Emergency Messages

An SOS message from a Realme phone only shares your current location by default, which leaves emergency contacts guessing about what is actually happening. If you want them to see or hear what is going on around you, the extra photo and audio options in the emergency settings stay switched off until you turn them on yourself.

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VersionAndroid 11 · Realme UI 2

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Set SOS Message Content auf Realme

Realme UI sends a basic SOS message with your location as soon as an emergency contact is set up. Photos of your surroundings or a short audio recording are not included automatically, so contacts may not understand the situation from the location alone.

You control this from the emergency settings. Open SettingsSecurityEmergency SOSEmergency call. Here you enable or disable Auto send SOS messages, which decides whether a message goes out automatically once SOS is triggered.

Below that toggle, two extra options appear: Attach photos of surroundings and Attach a 5s recording of surroundings. Turning either one on means the phone captures a photo or a short clip the moment SOS is activated and sends it along with the message.

Both options need camera and microphone access to work, so check app permissions if the attachments do not show up. Adding photos or audio increases the message size and can take a few seconds longer to send, which matters in areas with weak mobile signal.

If you prefer a faster, text-only alert, leave both options off and rely on the location data alone.

Frequently asked questions

The Attach photos of surroundings option is off by default. Turn it on under SettingsSecurityEmergency SOSEmergency call.