iPhone 14 emergency SOS satellite messaging
Not sure if this is the right forum, so feel free to move. I've not seen mention of this elsewhere.
When you buy a new iPhone 14 you get two years free SOS satellite messaging service which currently operates in USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Germany and France. The service is likely to roll out to other countries in due course, but it's probably the more remote ones which HUBBers will be interested in.
When you call 999 or whatever the country emergency service number is, and you are out of reception, the iPhone will attempt to call via Globestar satellite to Apple's staffed emergency response service, where an operator will ask a series of questions about your circumstances and then send a message to the local emergency services.
Apparently the satellite service has already been 'used in the wild' and here's a news story about it.
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