UK to Send Emergency Alerts via Mobile Network

UK to Send Emergency Alerts via Mobile Network
File photo dated 03/01/18 of Social media apps displayed on a mobile phone screen on Jan. 3, 2018. Yui Mok/PA
Lily Zhou
Updated:
UK residents will get a loud siren-like alert from their smartphones on April 23 as the government tests its new emergency alert system.

Launching the system on Sunday, the government said the system has already been tested in East Suffolk and Reading, and is now ready for a nationwide test.