: Later today (July 27) 2:pm nsw time the government will issue what is called aus alert which means every phone in Australia will have an alarm at the exact same time. If you are someone that uses a safety phone it is best to turn it off for 24 hours. I would also recommend avoiding traffic or any situation that could cause danger to the governments poorly planned aus alert. I hope this does not cause to much chaos.
Both my phone and my watch went off together, and cancelling one did not cancel the other.
That’s expected, there is no communication or smarts with this type of alert, account or profile awareness, it’s broadcast from the towers and anything that can receive it, will receive it.
I have a spare old fold3 with no sim card or esim installed and it went off too, no sim needed.