The emergency alerts feature on modern smartphones is legitimately useful: It can warn you about dangerous weather conditions, natural disasters, AMBER alerts, or other important tidbits of information. But perhaps you already keep up on the news. Or maybe you don’t feel the need to be alerted about everything.
If any of this sounds like you, you’ll be pleased to know that Android has a healthy array of options for managing emergency alerts.
To start, head on over to your Settings app and open it. Next, tap More... under the Wireless & Networks heading, scroll to the bottom, then tap Cell broadcasts. Here, you’ll see various options you can toggle on and off, such as an option to “Display alerts for extreme threats to life and property,” another one for AMBER alerts, and so on. Toggle these settings on and off as you see fit.
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