Apple launched the Emergency SOS via satellite tv for pc for all iPhone 14 customers in November 2022. When there are not any different choices for contacting emergency providers, emergency SOS via satellite tv for pc characteristic will help customers get in contact with them. Compatible iPhone fashions make an effort to hyperlink prospects to vital help via satellite-based communication within the occasion they’re unable to achieve emergency providers as a result of they’re outdoors the protection space of mobile and Wi-Fi networks. The characteristic has been reported to be life-saving in a number of conditions thus far. Initially supplied for free for two years, the emergency SOS characteristic will now be accessible for longer for iPhone 14 customers at no further value.
The iPhone maker confirmed in a press launch that it’s extending the two-year free trial of the Emergency SOS via satellite tv for pc characteristic for iPhone 14 customers by one other 12 months. “We are so happy iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users can take advantage of this groundbreaking service for two more years for free,” Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vp of Worldwide iPhone Product Marketing, mentioned within the launch.
According to Apple, the free trial can be prolonged for iPhone 14 customers who’ve activated their system in a rustic that helps Emergency SOS via satellite tv for pc previous to 12am PT (1:30am IST) on November 15, 2023. Currently, Emergency SOS via satellite tv for pc is obtainable in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US. There’s no phrase on when the characteristic would make its solution to India.
Apple launched the iPhone 14 lineup with 4 fashions – iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max, in September 2022. It was adopted by the discharge of the Emergency SOS via satellite tv for pc characteristic in November of that 12 months, initially solely within the US and Canada, and later prolonged to extra nations.
Buidling upon the satellite tv for pc connectivity functionality, eligible iPhone 14 customers travelling off the grid, that could be a location with out mobile or wi-fi connectivity, can even use the Find My app and talk their location with family and friends via satellite tv for pc.
Apple additionally expanded the characteristic to Spain and Switzerland. Apple launched its newest iPhones at its ‘Wonderlust’ occasion in September.
