Regular updates about our latest Ok Alone lone worker features and updates to the systems. Including the apps for iPhone and Android and our online dashboard.
With the Ok Alone Lone Worker App you can set short cuts on your Smartphone to start shifts, check in, get help and end a shift. If you have an iPhone 8 or later model you can activate the multi-tap function on the back of your iPhone for a discreet lone worker alarm. How to …
Read moreActivating the Discreet Lone Worker Alarm on an iPhone
Ok Alone users have been asking about automatically calling monitors in a sequence, instead of alerting them all at the same time. Based on that feedback, Ok Alone is now introducing Alert Loops – the easy way to alert monitors in any order you choose. What is an Alert Loop? An Alert Loop is triggered by …
Read moreIntroducing Alert Loops – Automatically Alert Your Monitors In The Order You Choose
Our latest feature lets you send an important message via SMS simultaneously to all your workers. This was a feature request from one of our customers, it was such a good idea, we had to add it. The customer wanted a way to send an important message to all their workers, especially those currently working on …
Ok Alone incorporated WhatsApp into its lone worker system. Get monitor and worker notifications through WhatsApp when working alone. The system is available to use all over the world. This great service means your company and you can stay in touch even when there is no network coverage, as long as there is wifi. WhatsApp …
Read moreWhatsApp Available for Ok Alone Lone Worker Notifications
When you are a lone worker or a monitor, sometimes you need to have your phone on silent. Most of the time this is fine, but what if you don’t hear your check in reminder? Or don’t hear a worker’s request for help? Luckily on iPhone you can set up an emergency bypass for specific …
Read moreGet Lone Worker Alerts when your iPhone is on Silent
Using an Android phone to run the Ok Alone lone worker app means you can set up shortcuts to the app’s features. Having the shortcuts on your main screen will make it easier to start a shift, check in, request help or end a shift. Setting this up couldn’t be easier! Once you have downloaded …
Read moreHow to use Android Shortcuts with the Ok Alone Lone Worker App
The latest version of the Ok Alone lone worker app provides Siri shortcuts so you can use Siri to update your Ok Alone status wherever you are and whatever you’re doing. Siri is the voice controlled personal assistant on your iPhone. Siri allows you to use your voice to do things on your iPhone, such …
Our popular start shift reminders feature has just been updated to improve it further. You can now add multiple start shift reminders for each day. Why did we add Multiple Daily Start Shift Reminders? This is after feedback from a school who had teachers that required reminders to start Ok Alone before each tutoring lesson. …
Sometimes when you receive a help request or a missed check-in you aren’t at your computer. Now when you get an SMS message Ok Alone has added a handy link to take you straight to your dashboard! You will receive an SMS to tell you who has either missed a check-in or asked for help, …
As well as their alert in the app, workers can be sent an SMS or phone call to remind them to check in. SMS and phone call reminders can be set to repeat up to 4 times at desired intervals. How to Setup Sms and Phonecall Reminders 1 ) To set up SMS and call …
There are many ways to use the OK Alone lone worker solution: app, SMS, landline, satellite phone and desktop. This last one is perhaps the least well known. For lone workers who work remotely, not necessarily out and about, but based in one location, the desktop version of the Ok Alone system is perfect. The …
Read moreEasy Check-In for Lone Workers with the Ok Alone Desktop App