Apple Has Rolled Out A ‘Groundbreaking’ New Safety Feature For iPhones, Here’s How It Works

Apple has unveiled a brand-new safety feature that is available for iPhone users in Australia and New Zealand. The technology will enable anyone who has the iPhone 14 model to send an alert to emergency services even if they are outside mobile and Wi-Fi coverage areas. Sorry if you’re still on a trusty old iPhone 11, guess you will just have to remain unsafe for now. It comes as a particularly handy update considering reception black spots are commonplace among regional and remote areas in Australia. The ground-breaking new feature also proves useful in emergencies by enabling users to activate the “Find My” app to share their location with contacts via satellite – to share their location with loved ones if they were travelling through a remote or off-grid area.

So how does the iPhone Emergency SOS via satellite work?

When set up and activated, Emergency SOS via satellite works by connecting you to emergency services via text  to a relay centre with Apple-trained emergency specialists who can then connect to emergency call centres and give them all your info.

text emergency services?? yes pls! Source: Apple