Apple's Emergency SOS feature is coming to iPhone 14s this month - Mashable

Apple has confirmed that its Emergency SOS via Satellite diagnostic is coming to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro this November.

In an announcement connected Thursday, Apple said the information feature, which pings exigency dispatch centers done a outer network, was made imaginable via a concern with Louisiana-based Globalstar's web of 24 low-orbit satellites.

In exigency situations wherever Apple users won't person cellular oregon Wi-Fi coverage, they'll beryllium capable to activate the exigency SOS feature. A Globalstar outer volition past nonstop the petition to a Globalstar crushed presumption and past relay the connection to a section 911 dispatch center. If the closest telephone halfway is incapable to person substance messages, the petition goes to a "relay halfway with Apple-trained exigency specialists," the announcement said. Though Apple did not specify it successful the release, the diagnostic volition apt travel successful the signifier of a bundle update to Apple's iOS 16.

The Emergency SOS via Satellite diagnostic follows the motorboat of Apple's Crash Detection feature, which automatically calls exigency services if the idiosyncratic is incapacitated oregon incapable to scope their phone. It underscores Apple's absorption connected processing exertion that tin beryllium captious successful life-threatening situations.

“We are arrogant this work is enabled by starring US companies, and that our users tin research off-the-grid areas knowing they are inactive wrong scope of exigency services if they are successful need," said Apple COO Jeff Williams astir the concern with Globalstar.

It seems Apple wants to marque its devices truthful indispensable that users volition beryllium terrified to permission location without them.