Here’s which iPhone users are entitled to one year of free satellite connection
Apple’s Emergency SOS satellite security service is one of those features you didn’t know you wanted until you had it. need, and in those cases it can really do the trick difference between the life and the death (read also: how to search for text in photos with iPhone).
However, the service is only available for two years to users who purchase one iPhone 14 or iPhone 15and now Apple extends it free availability, for users iPhone 14, a further year.
Launched a year ago together with the series iPhone 14 (but arrived in Italy only after 6 months), SOS Emergencies is a satellite connectivity service that allows users to send messages to emergency services outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage.
The feature has actually helped save lives humanas a man who was recovered after his car went off a cliff in Los Angeles or two hikers in the Apennines can testify.
SOS Emergencies also includes a number of features, such as the ability to share location with friends and family via the Find My app, the accident detectionto automatically dial emergency numbers in the event of a road accident, the mode I arrive (Check in, available only with iOS 17), to automatically notify friends and relatives that you have arrived at your destination, and finally the possibility of configuring the medical information for any rescuers.
It is also available in the United States roadside assistance through AAA (American Automobile Association).
Keep in mind that this one year extension of the satellite messaging service applies only to iPhone 14 activated in a country that supports SOS Emergencies by 9pm Italian time on 15 November 2023.
