Apple expands availability of iPhone 14 Emergency SOS feature to western Europe (AAPL) - Seeking Alpha

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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced connected Tuesday that it was expanding the availability of its Emergency SOS outer diagnostic connected its iPhone 14 line, bringing the work to respective countries successful occidental Europe.

The diagnostic volition beryllium disposable successful France, Germany, Ireland, and the U.K., starting today, the tech elephantine said. Support successful further countries is expected adjacent year, Apple (AAPL) added.

Last month, Apple (AAPL) officially launched the diagnostic successful the U.S. and Canada.

The work is escaped for 2 years astatine the clip of activation for a caller iPhone 14, with pricing yet to beryllium announced.

Unveiled successful September, the caller diagnostic lets iPhone users who are retired of scope from compartment towers, entree the satellites by pointing the telephone astatine a entity and connecting to 1 of Globalstar's (NYSE:GSAT) satellites.

In November, Apple (AAPL) said it would walk $450M connected U.S. infrastructure to get the Emergency SOS texting diagnostic disconnected the ground, with the bulk of the wealth going towards its partner, Globalstar (GSAT), which operates the satellites utilized for the service.

Apple (AAPL) shares gained much than 2% successful aboriginal Tuesday trading, portion GlobalStar (GSAT) gained 1.6%.

Investment steadfast Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Apple (AAPL) successful September, citing "substantial interest" successful the company's caller iPhone 14 Pro Max, adding that the caller Emergency SOS capabilities were "resonating" with consumers.