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One of Apple's newest iPhone features came successful useful for a antheral who got stranded successful Northwest Alaska successful the aboriginal greeting hours Thursday with nary compartment service.

The antheral was traveling connected a snowfall instrumentality from Noorvik to Kotzebue, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety (ADPS), erstwhile helium got stranded. The 2 cities are astir 42 miles apart. 

He past activated his iPhone Emergency SOS via satellite feature, which alerted section authorities. 

Local unpaid hunt and rescue personnel, moving successful coordination with the Apple Emergency Response Center, were deployed to the man's determination utilizing the GPS coordinates provided by Apple, ADPS reported.

The hunt and rescue squad recovered the antheral and helped transport him to Kotzebue, ADPS said. He was unhurt. 

The caller SOS diagnostic is disposable connected the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, according to Apple. It is escaped for 2 years aft activation of a caller device, the institution said.

The diagnostic tin beryllium recovered successful the device's settings. Once activated, a idiosyncratic simply follows the onscreen instructions to link to a satellite.

This isn't the lone diagnostic connected Apple's latest iPhone which has been making headlines. The iPhone 14 besides comes with a crash detection feature which volition alert archetypal responders if the telephone detects a terrible car crash.

In October, a passenger's iPhone alerted archetypal responders erstwhile a car crashed into a histrion successful Lincoln, Nebraska. Six radical were killed successful the wreck. 

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