iPhone 14 Pro Max Emergency SOS via Satellite!

[Fat_Guy]

So it seems that everyone with an iPhone 14 (except China) “will” have “Emergency SOS via satellite”. The only stipulation is that they would have to come to North America to see it in action.



But I wonder if the phones would actually try to connect anyway as that would be prior to the cut-off for the service. You are out of range of a tower so GPS would not work or restrict you. The restriction would come after you connected and requested help. But it should connect - right?


Does anyone know for sure? If all devices are enabled by default it could be fun looking for a connection even if outside of the service…

 

[Deifie]

Why should GPS not work when you are out of reach of a cell tower?

 

[Jackbequickly]

GPS does not depend on cellular services.

 

[Fat_Guy]

Why should GPS not work when you are out of reach of a cell tower?

GPS does not depend on cellular services.

Wow, you learn something new every day. I didn’t know GPS even worked on airplane mode! My bad.

Still, it would be cool to search for a satellite when this gets enabled, and before it becomes a subscription thing in two years.

 

[dotatoc]

Satellite tracker apps have been available for years.

Think you may need to read up on GPS....

 

[Fat_Guy]

Satellite tracker apps have been available for years.

Think you may need to read up on GPS....

Yup.


BTW: This satellite connectivity service was to start this month and we are already one week in. Does anyone know if Apple is still doing this in the next three weeks?

 

[Jackbequickly]

Yup.


BTW: This satellite connectivity service was to start this month and we are already one week in. Does anyone know if Apple is still doing this in the next three weeks?

16.2 should be released around Thanksgiving from what the rumors indicate.

 

[Fat_Guy]

As per this review you will be able to play with the service without 911 emergency services with a demo app and the text my location if I understand what they said in the video. Text my location should actually connect to a satellite.



This is a really cool feature!

 

[bc 08]

As per this review you will be able to play with the service without 911 emergency services with a demo app and the text my location if I understand what they said in the video. Text my location should actually connect to a satellite.



This is a really cool feature!

Yeah, just tried it. Pretty neat

 

[iphone joe]

Looks like a great feature.

 

[Fred Zed]

This is all I get. Pressing the notification does nothing.

 

[bc 08]

This is all I get. Pressing the notification does nothing. View attachment 2113541

 

[Fred Zed]

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What do you mean ?

 

[bc 08]

What do you mean ?

You don't have this?

 

[iphone joe]

You don't have this?

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Not showing up for me either.

 

[Fred Zed]

You don't have this?

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Yes I do. But this is still showing as a notification and pressing it does nothing.

 

[bc 08]

Do you have crash detection disabled?

 

[Fred Zed]

Do you have crash detection disabled?

Yes.

 

[compwiz1202]

Wow, you learn something new every day. I didn’t know GPS even worked on airplane mode! My bad.

Still, it would be cool to search for a satellite when this gets enabled, and before it becomes a subscription thing in two years.

Yea GPS is more than maps. I do believe you need to at least have some sort of signal to start a route though unless it works if you have an app with offline maps for your start and end points?

 

[Fat_Guy]

Ok I have a question for you guys.


Does the SOS feature just appear out of nowhere or do you have to do an update? Like is it delivered via a carrier update or Apple? I’m in Toronto and Canadian sites say it is active.


So you did nothing and it just appeared? Me and some guys I talk to in the UK want to know.

 

[bc 08]

Ok I have a question for you guys.


Does the SOS feature just appear out of nowhere or do you have to do an update? Like is it delivered via a carrier update or Apple? I’m in Toronto and Canadian sites say it is active.


So you did nothing and it just appeared? Me and some guys I talk to in the UK want to know.

Did nothing, just appeared

 

[Fred Zed]

The demo worked well. But I can’t remove this notification still.

 

[Jackbequickly]

Ok I have a question for you guys.


Does the SOS feature just appear out of nowhere or do you have to do an update? Like is it delivered via a carrier update or Apple? I’m in Toronto and Canadian sites say it is active.


So you did nothing and it just appeared? Me and some guys I talk to in the UK want to know.

I did nothing and mine appeared without warning. I would have not known it was there if I had not seen the news.

 

[Fat_Guy]

Ok, tried the demo in Toronto and it was dots and grey for like 30 seconds then a contact and rotating till green. I went through the whole demo and it worked. Man, I wonder if I was the first Canadian to try it out…. 😁



BTW: Make sure location services are on before the demo or it kicks you out and you have to start over again.