Apple today (07) Emergency SOS is coming to six more countries this March: Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Portugal. At launch, there are already twelve countries with functionality.
In November last year, it was announced that anyone with an iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus in Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States can now use satellites to send messages to recovery services when there is no cellular connection. network and Wi-Fi. -Fi available.
Emergency SOS combines software and hardware, for example, to enable users to tell their friends and family about their location. But, Unable to make calls or apps with WhatsAppjust send text messages.
The system has limitations, such as the impossibility of operating in locations above 62º latitude, affecting areas in northern Canada and Alaska. Besides, it can take from 15 seconds to a minute to send the message.
In addition to announcing more countries with access to Emergency SOS, Apple took the opportunity to reveal the new yellow color of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.
Source: Tec Mundo
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