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Videocon smartphone introduces new panic button app

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IANS New Delhi

Domestic mobile manufacturer Videocon smartphone recently introduced a panic button app with its newly launched smartphone Videocon Cube 3 to get help in any emergency.

The app named 'SOS-Be Safe' comes with highly responsive and ingenious features including alert, walk with me, and reach on time. The users can click these features from their smartphone status bar and set security preferences like time, distance and contacts.

"With smartphones impacting our lives in many ways, emergency response system or panic button is certainly the need of the hour. We are confident that 'SOS-Be Safe' app will assist smartphone users during different kind of emergency situations," said Akshay Dhoot, Head - Technology and Innovation, Videocon in a statement.

 

The new app also makes the best use of GPS and provides a map view of nearby police stations and hospitals for any critical situation.

--IANS

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First Published: Sep 14 2016 | 7:44 PM IST

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