Your iPhone 14 lifeline is coming soon
– though only in the US and Canada to begin with. It’s expected to roll out in other countries towards the end of 2023.
Apple says Emergency SOS via Satellite will be free to all iPhone 14 users for the first two years following its launch, which suggests the feature could demand a subscription fee or per-use payment by the end of 2024. Messages sent through Emergency SOS via Satellite could reach their destination in just 15 seconds, Apple claims, but only when “a direct view of the sky and the horizon” is present.
Messages processed"under trees with light or medium foliage” might take over a minute to send – but hey, if you’re out in the wilderness with a broken leg, one-message-a-minute is better than no messages at all, right? Hopefully, we’ll be able to test Emergency SOS via Satellite on iPhone 14 for ourselves – safely, of course – when the feature goes live later this month. In the meantime, check out our report on the