With iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Professional, iPhone 15, or iPhone 15 Professional, you should use Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc to textual content emergency providers whenever you’re off the grid with no mobile and Wi-Fi protection. Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc is free for 2 years after the activation of an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Professional, iPhone 15, or iPhone 15 Professional.

Ron Amadeo for Ars Technica:
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One of many iPhone 14’s main new options was “Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc.” Throughout regular utilization, smartphones battle to hook up with one thing as far-off as a satellite tv for pc, nevertheless it’s potential to ship out tiny bits of information underneath excellent situations with the assistance of an aiming app. Apple turned this right into a strategy to ship a message to emergency providers even whenever you’re off the grid, and the Android ecosystem instantly set about copying the function. Qualcomm’s “Snapdragon Satellite tv for pc” was introduced in January 2023, and now, ten months later and with zero clients, the plan is lifeless.

Iridium Communications Inc.:
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Iridium beforehand introduced that it entered into agreements with Qualcomm to allow satellite tv for pc messaging and emergency providers in smartphones powered by Snapdragon Cellular Platforms utilizing Iridium’s satellite tv for pc community. The businesses efficiently developed and demonstrated the expertise; nevertheless, however this technical success, smartphone producers haven’t included the expertise of their units. Resulting from this, on November 3, 2023, Qualcomm notified Iridium that it has elected to terminate the agreements, efficient December 3, 2023.

“Whereas I’m dissatisfied that this partnership didn’t bear quick fruit, we consider the route of the trade is obvious towards elevated satellite tv for pc connectivity in client units,” stated Iridium CEO Matt Desch. “Led by Apple at present, MNOs and gadget producers nonetheless plan, over time, to offer their clients with expanded protection and new satellite-based options, and our world protection and regulatory certainty make us properly suited to be a key participant on this rising market. Consumer expertise might be vital to their success, and we’ve confirmed that we will present a dependable, world functionality to cellular customers.”

With the termination of those agreements, Iridium might be free to instantly re-engage with smartphone OEMs, different chipmakers, and smartphone working system builders that the Firm had been collaborating with beforehand. Iridium may even be pursuing new relationships with good gadget OEMs, chipmakers, and builders for its present and future service plans.

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MacDailyNews Take: The knockoff parade of half-assed cobbled-together junk that’s Android meanders into yet one more lifeless finish. If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone.
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