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Just now at 11:00 was the first test of the warning by cell broadcast. In addition local warning sirenes went off, too. Sadly such system wasn't in place last year, when parts of Germany were flooded in summer.
RalphH
No siren here and no message either. And I know the siren here works, it gets tested every 2 weeks. At least the Katwarn app worked.
Adester
Cell Broadcast is a technical standart from 1999, implemented in any phone and they messed this up to be only recievable by new >>
Adester
smartphones. The old phone you gifted to your grandma 20 years ago could recieve cell broadcasts... if they would do it right!
BobbyBobbston
They sure did. I forgot about that. It scared the shit out of me and my cat, so I guess it's effective.
oepix9000
Friend of mine was in a meeting and their boss at first got angry "Who forgot to turn of their phone?" then every phone went of.
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
I'm next door to you, to the west. Got a similar message
Flodos
But we train our system every month. Not a bad idea for other countries!
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
At my previous job we weren't allowed phones on the work floor. Everyone turned the volume down and took them anyway and these messages >
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
> overruled volume setting and revealed everyone still had their phones. Lots of shameful faces
BobbyBobbston
I mean, this is precisely why forbidding phones in general is silly. They can be made to not interrupt outside of emergencies.
xPheNomEnoNx
Biggest problem. Its not in the messages app. You have to search in notificatons list if you want to read again
Macynist
I don’t know about android but on iPhones there’s a dedicated function for this, it ignores dnd and the message stays until acknowledged
Macynist
it’s way more alerting than a text message, you can’t miss it. My country tests it every 6 months