Apple’s satellite features were originally designed for emergencies, allowing iPhone users to contact emergency services when cellular and Wi-Fi coverage is unavailable. With recent versions of iOS, ...

If you have ever been hiking or driving through an area with no cell reception, you know the frustration of being disconnected. Apple has expanded its satellite features to let iPhone users send and ...

The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby.

Survivors of the deadly avalanche in California's Sierra Nevadas were stranded but used iPhone's emergency SOS feature to get ...

Learn how satellite texting works on 2026 smartphones, emergency SOS features, Starlink capabilities, and key limitations affecting iPhone and Android devices. Pixabay, padrinan Direct-to-device ...

What happens if the network that you depend on goes dark? Well, for a number of Verizon customers in the US, that was a reality that they had to face. As devices went into SOS mode or failed to ...

Shortly after sundown on July 29, I found myself on a stony beach at the extreme northern end of Vancouver Island, holding my phone above my head and pointing at an indeterminate point in the sky.

Your iPhone may soon be able to do more than call for emergency help and send messages via satellite, according to the latest Power On newsletter. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is ...

Survivors of the Lake Tahoe avalanche utilized Apple's "Messages via satellite" and Emergency SOS to stay in contact with ...

Owners of devices as old as the iPhone 14 lineup have been granted an additional year of free satellite features, courtesy of Apple. iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 owners have received an extra year of ...

An iPhone with Emergency SOS via satellite proved crucial to survivors of a California avalanche, helping coordinate their rescue.