00:02In sync across the country, millions of hands reach for their phones.
00:08A 10 second test of emergency software, blasting through cities, on trams and in the bush,
00:15where coverage can be hit and miss.
00:19This has been a very successful test. We have reached more towers than we anticipated in this test.
00:25The minister says the signal reached 94% of cell towers, but that doesn't mean every phone.
00:32It's not on my phone, but it's on everyone else's.
00:35Alert has finally gone off on my phone, three minutes after the alarm.
00:40A delayed alert, while other devices failed to buzz at all.
00:44Did your phone go off? No, it didn't, no.
00:47I was expecting that it would come at two o'clock, and nothing has happened.
00:51Kinks that still need to be worked through.
00:53You can jump on the Aus Alert website and provide feedback directly to us.
00:58The critical alert is designed to grab attention, even wake people up.
01:04On screen, emergency information, action needed to survive a bushfire, cyclone or terror threat.
01:11It got attention and could save lives.
01:13We live in a cyclone area, so it's good that it will actually work in the future.
01:17The tone of the alarm would definitely grab your attention.
01:19Aus Alert uses any available mobile network, but it won't ring landlines, which 2% of Australians still rely on.
01:27The sound will no longer be a drill from October 1.
01:31The system will go live in time for the bushfire season, but it'll be up to states and territories how
01:37they use it, if at all.
01:39Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland confirming they won't use the system this summer.
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