In addition to the new yellow iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, Apple today announced that the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature will be available in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal later this month.
This feature allows iPhone 14 models to connect to a Globalstar satellite, allowing users to send text messages to emergency services when they are out of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. Apple warns that foliage or other obstacles can cause messages to take longer to send or not to send, and that satellite connections may not work in places above latitude 62°N. The service is free for two years after activating an iPhone 14.
Emergency SOS via Satellite first launched in November in the US and Canada and requires an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, or iPhone 14 Pro Max. The service became available in France, Germany, Ireland and the UK in December.
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