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The Silent Beacon is one such machine that I recently got the chance to try out for myself.
Alongside these use cases from my own past, I thought of dozens of others.
The Silent Beacon also pairs with your phone via an app.
which can be used with or without the gadget.
to connect to your emergency contacts.
As a physical panic button, the Silent Beacon acts as your own personal, portable emergency alert machine.
The Silent Beacon accessory clip was impressively secure.
It didn’t fall out, even when I vigorously shook it attempting to get it to dislodge.
Getting the Silent Beacon set up was, likewise, fairly easy.
I let it charge, downloaded the app and registered my phone number.
From there, I created a passcode, added my location, Bluetooth devices and imported some key contacts.
However, if you upgrade to a premium subscription, you’re allowed up to eight emergency contacts.
They didn’t get a notification, or have their mobile game interrupted at all.
I then realized I hadn’t toggled on Emergency Calling.
After doing so, the Silent Beacon called them right from the equipment which was very neat.
However, at least there are four paid plans available that start at $3 a month.
There are not a lot of other devices out there that can do what this machine does.
Though there are similar panic buttons, none of them offer this kind of functionality.
