SOS Alarm

SOS Alarm Sverige

About this app

The SOS Alarm 112 app provides safety and reassurance to everyone living in or visiting Sweden.

With the app, you get:

• Real-time information about incidents nearby: fires, traffic accidents, explosions, boat accidents, and people in distress in water.
• Important public announcements (VMA) and other crisis-related updates.
• Preventive knowledge about safety and security, such as CPR and essential phone numbers.
• Guidance to help you call the right phone number when you need help.

To fully use all the app’s features, you need to:

• Allow notifications.
• Allow location access and consent to the app collecting location data in the background, even when the app is closed or not in use, so it can provide relevant information about nearby incidents.

Ratings and reviews

Very good idea, really badly made. Battery hog for no good reason (approximate location is available without using GPS). Constant notification that its using GPS that can't be turned off without blocking notifications from the app. "Needs" to use loud alarm in silent mode (no good information when or why). Will uninstall again. Maybe try a beta test before releasing something that will be uninstalled at once?

A good app... When it works, which it rarely does. Repeated notifications about events/information but as soon as I click the notification to open the app it shows "no new events" and when refreshing it directly displays the error message "no Internet connection". Having the app this unreliable, especially during a pandemic, is just a source of anxiety as opposed to a feeling of safety. It needs to be fixed. (running on Samsung galaxy S9, latest version android)

Places permanent notification about GPS usage. Stop that, and don't use the GPS that way. Use the location services properly and only use active GPS positioning when bringing the app up. A phone with the app and a drained battery is worse than a phone without the app but enough battery to be used in an emergency.

What’s new

New home screen with better accessibility
Call for help: support to reach the right service when needed
No phone number needed – location sent to 112 automatically via call
Improved onboarding and notification settings
Better support for screen readers, zoom and text size
Minimum OS now Android 10
Improvements and bug fixes
We hope you enjoy the update! Questions or feedback? Please contact us directly via the app under the ‘Mer’-tab.