Apple launched the Emergency SOS through 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 through satellite tv for pc function will help customers get in contact with them. Suitable iPhone fashions make an effort to hyperlink prospects to essential help through satellite-based communication within the occasion they’re unable to succeed in emergency providers as a result of they’re outdoors the protection space of mobile and Wi-Fi networks. The function has been reported to be life-saving in a number of conditions to date. Initially supplied at no cost for 2 years, the emergency SOS function will now be out there 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 through satellite tv for pc function for iPhone 14 customers by one other 12 months. “We’re so glad iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 customers can benefit from this groundbreaking service for 2 extra years at no cost,” Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vp of Worldwide iPhone Product Advertising and marketing, stated within the launch.
In response to Apple, the free trial might be prolonged for iPhone 14 customers who’ve activated their gadget in a rustic that helps Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc previous to 12am PT (1:30am IST) on November 15, 2023. At present, Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc is out there in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Eire, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US. There is not any phrase on when the function would make its solution to India.
Apple launched the iPhone 14 lineup with 4 fashions – iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Professional, and iPhone 14 Professional Max, in September 2022. It was adopted by the discharge of the Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc function 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, may also use the Discover My app and talk their location with family and friends through satellite tv for pc.
Apple additionally launched the Roadside Help through satellite tv for pc function within the US, which connects car-owners to AAA roadside help in case of automobile bother in a area with no mobile and Wi-Fi protection. In response to Apple, the function is included at no cost for 2 years, beginning on the time of activation of a brand new iPhone 15 or 14 sequence mannequin, and would require iOS 17 on the gadget to work.
The Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc service has additionally been prolonged to iPhone 15 customers in 16 nations and areas, in accordance with Apple. The corporate lately expanded the function to Spain and Switzerland. Apple launched its newest iPhones at its ‘Wonderlust’ occasion in September.
