topic Bixby almost called 911 in Galaxy S26

Bixby almost called 911

Chuygto97 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:20:13 GMT

Was watching a documentary on Netflix on my TV when a message popped up on my s26 ultra that read. Sounds like something is happening near the stairs call 911 right away.

I wasn't even touching my phone it was simply on the home screen.

How could I keep this from happening again

Re: Bixby almost called 911

meself — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:57:00 GMT

My guess would be the voice assistant

Re: Bixby almost called 911

AAbbott — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:15:15 GMT

I don't think the phone was going to dial 911, it was telling *you* to dial 911. Likely, as was mentioned above, one of the voice assistants picked up the dialog from the show you were watching and gave you a warning, not being able to distinguish between a program and real life. Did it mirror the dialog on the TV? It could also have been live transcribe, if you have that on.

Re: Re: Bixby almost called 911

Chuygto97 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:44:46 GMT

I assume it was Bixby that got triggered anyway

Re: Re: Bixby almost called 911

Chuygto97 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:45:17 GMT

It did mirror the dialog. The warning popped up as a 911 call was played on the documentary. I didn't know Bixby could be triggered by that

Re: Re: Re: Bixby almost called 911

AAbbott — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:49:39 GMT

It probably picked up a keyword that triggered it.