UK National Emergency Alert test - Sunday 7th September 2025

[Neal]

Don't forget - the National Emergency Alert test will be happening this month. The UK government is testing the system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm. Your mobile phone or tablet will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound, even if it’s set on silent. The alert message will confirm this is a test and that you do not need to take any further action.

 

[Maz]

Thanks for this I had no idea - as long as it’s not 7am

 

[Maz]

I thought this had already happened once before, a year or so previously?

 

[Neal]

I thought this had already happened once before, a year or so previously?

Apparently, a lot of people never got the alert during the last test due to an issue with some network providers, so they are testing again.

 

[Maz]

That makes sense because I didn’t get it.

 

[Lovelyness]

Yes, I got it last time. I didn’t realise it was tablets too.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Thank you for the reminder, it would have caught me out as I had completely forgotten

 

[Lovelyness]

It will probably still catch me out anyway lol