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- Apple launched Emergency SOS via satellite in 2022.
- The service was initially made to be free for the first two years after an iPhone is activated.
- Apple has announced that the iPhone 14 will now get an additional year of free access to the service.
Apple has announced that existing iPhone 14 users will now get an additional year of free access to Emergency SOS via satellite. This means anyone who bought an iPhone 14 between now and when it launched will end up with three years in total of free access to Apple’s service.
Apple first launched Emergency SOS via satellite in 2022 for the iPhone 14 lineup in the US and Canada. The feature gives users the ability to text with emergency services even if they are out of range of cellular and Wi-Fi networks. It has since expanded to 16 countries and regions and now also appears on the iPhone 15 series.
