Apple launches Emergency SOS via satellite in US, more countries in December. Apple has announced that the Emergency Satellite SOS feature of the iPhone 14 is available today in the US and Canada. The announcement via press release highlights the availability soon also in other countries, unfortunately Italy is not included. Apple announced the feature at its iPhone 14 and 14 Pro reveal event in September. In the keynote he reported that the feature would arrive to customers in the US and Canada in November: it did.
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Users must have the latest version of iOS 16.1 installed to use the feature. At launch, SOS Emergency via Satellite is available in the United States and Canada, with additional countries arriving in December. For the first two years, Emergency SOS via Satellite will be free to customers, after which Apple may charge an as-yet undefined cost.
The iPhone 14’s emergency satellite connection allows only short, essentially predefined text messages, including location coordinates, to be sent to rescue centres.
