Apple’s Emergency SOS helped save 6 skiers
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Survivors of the deadly avalanche in California's Sierra Nevadas were stranded but used iPhone's emergency SOS feature to get help.
The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby.
Six skiers are alive thanks to Emergency SOS via satellite.
iOS 18 is giving iPhone users who find themselves in an emergency situation a way to provide more information and context to emergency responders with an update to Emergency SOS. Emergency SOS now supports live video, which means once the SOS feature is ...
With iPhone 14 and later, users can contact emergency services even when there’s no Wi-Fi or cellular signal thanks to the Emergency SOS via satellite feature. This feature was first launched in the US and Canada and has since been slowly expanded to ...
When modern technology meets the great outdoors, unexpected situations can arise. One hiker's adventure took an unforeseen turn when his iPhone's Emergency SOS feature was inadvertently activated during a trip to Dinosaur National Monument. Hiker shares ...