AusAlert - Quite short, really

[AustraliaPoochie]

Thought it would have been longer.

 

[Pushka]

Still haven’t got it. Sitting next to husband who did.

 

[Beer_budget]

And less shrill. How's everyone's hearing?

 

[SYD]

And less shrill. How's everyone's hearing?

Exactly the same sound when my phone went off with a Tsunami warning whilst sitting on the beach in Waikiki last year!

So I knew what to expect.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I was standing on my balcony, ipad in hand, expecting to film the emergency tone resonating from every apartment and car in a soundwave across the suburb.

The reality was rather rather disappointing

 

[Seat0B]

Went off on my phone but not my iPad. It was loud and shrill.

 

[SYD]

Went off on my phone but not my iPad. It was loud and shrill.

Apparently iPad iOS isn’t compatible (yet). iPhone 11 onwards and Watches.

https://www.ausalert.gov.au/receiving-alert/compatible-mobile-devices

 

[Ausbt]

I had my Settings page ready (iOS). As soon as it issued, I flicked it into Flight Mode and back again. Job done. These alerts have been standard stuff across the dutch for years so we are catching up. Sooooo much fuss in the media, I mean calm down

 

[Seat0B]

Apparently iPad iOS isn’t compatible (yet). iPhone 11 onwards and Watches.

https://www.ausalert.gov.au/receiving-alert/compatible-mobile-devices

Interesting, because a politician (forget who) said that it would go off on tablets so I assumed that would include iPads.

 

[Pushka]

Sounds like a few didn't receive it. And because it's considered just a 'test' then AusTest don't want to know when it failed to arrive. So not exactly a full scale test. I have iPhone 13 Pro and with Optus.

 

[SYD]

Interesting, because a politician (forget who) said that it would go off on tablets so I assumed that would include iPads.

Some cellular tablets are comparable but that link is silent on which ones!

 

[oz_mark]

Sounds like a few didn't receive it. And because it's considered just a 'test' then AusTest don't want to know when it failed to arrive. So not exactly a full scale test. I have iPhone 13 Pro and with Optus.

It's a cell broadcast - by design it doesn't record who receives it, and as such AusCert cannot know who didn't receive it.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Totally effective and acceptable for me - my haven't we become a race of whingers?