# Changelog #3: Request cover & Escalate to next person

Find out how to request on-call cover, create overrides, and escalate to the next on-call person — all from your phone.

**Need someone to cover your on-call?** Got paged while away-from-keyboard?

No need to look for your laptop — make sure the right person gets notified about incidents using just your phone.


## Request cover for your on-call shift when plans change


![67ea8271fbe9dc85ac952f0b.png](https://imagedelivery.net/xZXo0QFi-1_4Zimer-T0XQ/8f66cb4c-cccf-4e56-b843-f087a87dcc00/lg1x =1978x999)

**Forgot about your on-call and need to find someone to cover for you?** Request cover for any on-call shift directly in our new mobile app. Your colleagues who are part of the on-call schedule will get a notification to cover for you.

**Already know who will cover your on-call shift?** Skip the back-and-forth and create an on-call override for any of your shifts in our new mobile app.

Get Better Stack apps from the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/better-stack-on-call/id6739978181) (iOS) and [Google Play] (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.betteruptime.BetterStack) (Android).


## Escalate to the next on-call person when you're unavailable


![67d4629cc5e7c49aaeef917e.png](https://imagedelivery.net/xZXo0QFi-1_4Zimer-T0XQ/d82e5147-95f5-4642-3b75-b3e8ff4e5500/public =2576x1396)

Got paged but can't handle the incident? Skip any delays and fast-forward the incident to the next person in line — click "I'm unavailable" in the mobile app or incident e-mail.

The incident will be escalated to the entire team or to the next person according to your configured escalation.


## No more guessing who's going to be notified next


![67d9862491c26a8ca62015cb.png](https://imagedelivery.net/xZXo0QFi-1_4Zimer-T0XQ/1d652160-8cac-480e-6cdb-e1d4ff8ef700/lg2x =2194x1306)

See the incident escalation in real-time — always know who's going to be notified if you don't acknowledge. Acknowledge the incident to stop the ongoing escalation and prevent alerting others.

Get Better Stack apps from the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/better-stack-on-call/id6739978181) (iOS) and [Google Play] (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.betteruptime.BetterStack) (Android).

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