This means that your iPhone will sound off with an emergency alert at around 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT. FEMA is required to conduct these national tests of the Public Alert and Warning System at ...

and the emergency alert system (EAS) on TVs. The WEA portion of the test involved all consumer cell phones in the U.S., including the all-new Apple iPhone 15 series, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 ...

Blue Alert notifications, similar to an AMBER Alert, can be adjusted on your iPhone ... s emergency preparedness. Since its launch in 2012, the (Wireless Emergency Alerts) system has been used ...

In the U.S., the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System ... of the iPhone and iOS ...

(NEXSTAR) – A nationwide test of the country’s Emergency Alert System Wednesday went out to ... For iPhones, for example, you’ll need an iPhone 4 or later to get any sort of alert.

There's nothing you need to do to receive the alert. Opting out of the test, though, is a different story. The test will evaluate the United States' Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency ...

Cell phones blared to life at 4:45 a.m. ET Thursday with an emergency alert, rousing many Floridians from sleep. But there was no actual emergency. The message stated the system was just being ...