If you don’t know how to use emergency satellite services, there has never been a better time to learn. We’re in the middle of a fierce hurricane season, and knowing how to contact officials ...
As Florida faces Hurricane Milton right on the heels of Hurricane Helene, communications is one critical area likely to be affected. People in the state may not be able to rely on cellular or Wi ...
Go to the Find My app on your iPhone and turn on Share My Location. When outside cell and Wi-Fi service, open the Find My app. Tap Me at the bottom of the screen. Tap Send My Location and follow the ...
Apple’s satellite services are already saving lives, but you do need to prep before you need to use them by updating your device. It is also important to reiterate: Messages via satellite can ...
The iPhone will then suggest emergency SOS via satellite and forward your text and location to the nearest emergency service. There’s also a ground relay service that will call emergency ...
I had last used a Globalstar-powered satellite messenger, an earlier version of the SPOT Gen4, a decade ago while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. The idea was to send daily check-ins to my parents, to ...
Both Emergency SOS via Satellite and Messages via Satellite are currently free to use for two years after registering your iPhone and neither require any additional setup – though the latter is ...
Haze comes from a variety of sources. Your skies may be hazy from local traffic, or industry such as for example coal burning power plants, or the pollution may be coming in from somewhere else ...