Apple’s emergency SOS feature via satellite is finally rolling out to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro later this month (November 2022) — if you live in the US or Canada.
Every iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro model (including the larger iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max) already has all the in-house tech needed to communicate via satellite — and they’ve been waiting for Apple to flip the switch.
This will happen soon, with Apple revealing (opens in a new tab) that it and its satellite partner Globalstar are finally ready to roll out the feature in November 2022.
Thanks to emergency SOS via satellite, iPhone 14 users will have a way to communicate with emergency services without the need for a Wi-Fi or cellular connection – so the next time you’re out exploring a wilderness area off the grid, if you With an iPhone 14, you don’t need to worry about getting help in a pinch.
However, you won’t be able to use the feature to contact anyone you want, at least for now, which unfortunately means you won’t be able to film your adventures from remote locations. As the name suggests, Emergency SOS via satellite is only used to contact emergency services.
At launch, Emergency SOS via satellite will join another new safety feature on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models: collision detection. This feature (also found on Apple Watch 8, Apple Watch SE 2, and Apple Watch Ultra) relies on various data collected by your Apple device to determine if you were involved in a crash.
If it detects you’re in a crash, your device can automatically contact emergency services – although you have a few seconds to cancel the automatic call in case the device goes wrong.
Currently, emergency SOS via satellite is only available in the United States (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada. Considering that Apple has reportedly spent $450 million to implement the feature in these regions (based on the amount Apple says it has invested in U.S. infrastructure), we think it may take a while before it decides to expand it further — Apple may not Would expect to spend more on satellite communications unless you’re sure the feature will catch on.
If you have an Android phone, it may not be long before you have access to a similar satellite SOS feature — Android 14 will reportedly bring satellite communications support to many of the best Android phones in 2023.
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Hazel Yu 
Vivian Wu 
Sean Lee