These devices will receive the Pixel’s Personal Safety app with Android 13

The app is no longer exclusive to Google’s Pixel phones


Google’s Personal Security app is home to many useful features that can come in handy in difficult situations. It gives you access to Emergency SOS and Emergency Share features to alert trusted contacts in an emergency, Car Accident Detection to call for help if you’ve been involved in a car accident, and Crisis Alerts to notify you of nearby public emergencies. In addition, the application allows you to store important medical information that can help medical professionals in the event of an accident. The app and its features were previously limited to Google’s Pixel range of phones, but it’s now rolling out to devices from other OEMs with the Android 13 update.


The Personal Security app will not be available on all Android 13 devices, as Google does not require OEMs to pre-install it on their devices. Instead, the company is working on making the app available as an option, and OEMs like Nothing, Sony, iQoo, and Vivo have already started rolling it out to two phones. Mishal Rahman of Esper also revealed on Twitter (via 9to5Google), the Personal Safety app is available on the following devices running Android 13:

  • none phone 1
  • Sony Xperia 5 IV
  • Sony Xperia 1 IV
  • iQoo 7
  • iQoo 8 Pro
  • iQoo 9 SE
  • iQoo 9 Pro
  • iQoo 9T
  • iQoo i2202
  • iQoo 11
  • iQoo Neo7
  • Vivo X80 Pro
  • Vivo X90
  • Vivo X90 Pro

Although Samsung has released the One UI 5 update based on Android 13 for many of its devices, the Personal Safety app is not available on any Galaxy device. If you own one of the devices mentioned in the list above, you can find Personal Security features in what’s new Personal safety option in the Settings app. It doesn’t appear as a standalone app in the app drawer like it does on Pixel phones.

Personal Safety on non-Pixel devices gives you access to all features except crash detection. While Google has opened up Traffic Detection on devices from other OEMs, they must implement the Android Context Center to enable the feature. 9to5Google It states that adding support for Context Hub requires a system update, which is not likely to arrive anytime soon.

Note that since the release of Android 13 is still ongoing, the personal security app may reach more devices in the coming months.


Source: Mishaal Rahman (Twitter)

Through: 9to5Google



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