With Google messaging enabled as a user’s primary messaging app, satellite features can be prompted with a call to 911. If no service is available, a “satellite SOS” option will appear along with an emergency questionnaire and the chance to warn emergency contacts.

Starting with the iPhone 14 line, Apple has quietly turned its popular handsets into satellite phones. First, people could use them to contact emergency services. With the latest

In light of potential power outages and disrupted cell service, the ability to send a distress signal via satellite could be crucial.

Apple Intelligence is now a little more ready for primetime. If you have an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or iPhone 16, you can install the public beta of iOS 18.1 and check out some of Apple's generative AI tools. The FCC has allowed SpaceX and T-Mobile to enable their satellite texting service in Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall.

Satellite messaging features on iPhones and Pixels can provide a lifeline in times of crisis. Here’s what you can do and how they could help you.

Apple has stressed that satellite messaging shouldn't be used in emergencies and says people should text emergency services using Emergency SOS via satellite.

A recent Apple software update has given iPhone users a way to stay in touch, even if extreme weather or natural disasters mean they can't rely on the cellular network.

Apple included a number of satellite-based features in its latest iPhone models to help users keep contact in an emergency. Here's what they are, and how to use them if you have no signal.