Emergency SOS via Satellite on iPhone 14 potentially just saved a life

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The response to the new iPhone feature shows why we don’t deserve nice things

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If you’re lucky enough to have gotten your hands on a device from theiPhone 14range, there’s a brilliant new feature coming your way. Users in the USA and Canada will already have access toEmergency SOS via satellite, and it’s coming to users in theUK and parts of Europein the next few weeks.

The feature is designed to allow users to send a message to the emergency services if they find themselves in trouble outside of usual cellular range. When a call is made to the emergency services without signal, the option is given to use the service. Users can enter a few bits of information, before a radar will appear on screen directing them to point their device toward the nearest satellite.

After a few moments – from as little as 15 seconds, thanks to some changes to the compression algorithm – a message will be sent to the most appropriate emergency service to respond to you. The idea is fantastic, and a real example of how technology can enhance the lives of real people.

And it works.Applespecialist forum,MacRumours, shared details of a man in Alaska who became stranded in a remote location. Using the service, Alaska State Troopers were able to find him and get him to safety, despite him being in a location with no cellular connectivity.

And honestly, I think this is indicative of why tech companies are remiss to introduce new things. If genuine live-saving features are met with such abject hostility, the companies behind it must surely think “what’s the point?” It’s something Apple will be accustomed to, but you can see it all over technological hubs online.

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I believe that we need to adjust the discourse around the tech community, at least to a degree. I’m not calling for censorship, but if a new service that is saving lives can’t be shared without mindless negativity, don’t be surprised when the stream of innovative technologies starts to dry up.

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