US officials just ran a big test of an emergency system that uses your cell phone.
AT 2:18 PM your phone buzzed and beeped loudly and your screen said:
"Presidential Alert"
"THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
I don't use twitter so maybe that is why it bypassed me, LOL
Are you by any chance on a smaller network? I was reading not all carriers participate in that system, usually the smaller ones.No I did not! My alerts are turned on and I still did not receive.
That doesn't sound correct... It should just be a notification just like when there's an Amber alert. Doesn't have anything to do with messaging apps.I got it on my S8 on AT&T. But, only got the on-screen pop-up. No sound at all. Everyone else in my office had their phones go off.
I don't use the default messaging app on my S8, I use Textra. Somehow, the emergency alert goes through messaging and it passes to Textra, but somehow it doesn't pick up the alert sound it's supposed to make.