Alertswiss

September 17, 2024

• New home screen • Improvements to location-based push notifications • General bug fixes

September 16, 2024

iOS App Version 2.11.0 Save The assets and metadata below appear on your app’s product page, when users install your app, and will be used for web engine search results once you release your app. English (U.S.) ? iOS Previews and Screenshots? Adding accurate screenshots of your app on the newest devices can help you represent the app’s user experience. Keep in mind that we’ll use these screenshots for all iOS display sizes and localizations. Screenshots are only required for iOS apps, and only the first 3 will be used on the app installation sheets. iPhone iPad View All Sizes in Media Manager iPhone 6.5" Display (Required) iPhone 5.5" Display (Required) Promotional Text Edit 170 Description The Alertswiss blog features all the latest civil protection-related news, including information on recent deployments, drills and personnel, as well as up-to-the-minute policy and planning developments. In an emergency, you may find yourself confronted with questions you have never asked yourself before: How do I contact my friends and relatives? Where should I go? What do I need to take with me? An emergency plan will help you Disaster can strike at any time. Luckily, there is Alertswiss, a mobile app developed by the Federal Office for Civil Protection to help you plan for and stay safe in an emergency. With Alertswiss, you receive alerts, warnings and information in real time. So that you always know exactly and immediately what action you need to take, the Alertswiss app sends you push notifications on the incident, including valuable tips and instructions on how best to protect yourself and your family. The app also lets you customise the type of information you receive: for example, specifying the cantons that you want to receive notifications for, e.g. cantons where your relatives or friends live. All of these reports will be displayed directly on your smartphone’s homescreen. As well as receiving push notifications for your preferred cantons, you can enable push notifications for your current location. However, you first have to authorise the Alertswiss app to determine your location. Once you have activated the location services, all reports and information for both your current location and your preferred cantons will be displayed directly on your smartphone’s homescreen. Maps show simply and clearly which areas are currently affected by the ongoing incident. On the overview screen, you can see which incidents are still ongoing and which ones have since been given the all-clear. Under Reports you will find an overview of the latest official incident information released in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. These reports – alerts, warnings and information – are divided into three levels of severity, with alerts being the highest and information the lowest. - An alert is when the authorities notify the public that they are at immediate risk and order them to follow official instructions on the behaviour they need to adopt. - A warning refers to the reporting of either a potential risk to the public or an incident for which the authorities issue the public with recommendations rather than orders on the behaviour they should subsequently adopt. - The default level of severity for all other reports is Information. Take swift and appropriate action should a hazardous situation arise. So, what are you waiting for? Download the Alertswiss app now and be prepared should disaster strike. Stay safe! Note: Your smartphone must have a stable data connection (WLAN or mobile network) to receive the latest push notifications and incident reports. If you are offline, you will only be able to view information that was updated the last time you were online. Once the connection is re-established, the system will update automatically and send you all of the latest push notifications and reports. 845 What's New in This Version • New home screen • Improvements to location-based push notifications • General bug fixes

August 14, 2024

• New home screen • Improvements to location-based push notifications • General bug fixes

September 7, 2023

• Optimisations in installing the app and setting up the personal settings • Optimisations in filling out and setting up an emergency plan • General bug fixes

November 29, 2022

- Improvements and bug fixes

July 25, 2022

- Improvements and bug fixes

May 23, 2022

- Fixes and improvements - Emergency plan: Adaptations in the emergency plan (steps 3 and 4)

December 7, 2021

- Various improvements to the push notifications

August 30, 2021

- Improved display quality for contact details, e.g. links and phone numbers. - New pictograms for safety instructions.

June 2, 2021

Various improvements to the push notifications. Push notifications are now only displayed during the validity period of a message.