Apples Emergency SOS via Satellite Saves Two Women Stranded in Canada
Yochim said that they were about 12 miles down the road, stuck in the snow without knowing where they were, and out of cell service range.
- Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite feature on iPhone has helped to save two women.
- Apple iPhone 14 and Pro models are powered with this feature.
- After Apple, Samsung is also rumoured to have these features.
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New Delhi: Tech giant Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite feature on iPhone has helped to save two women who were stranded in Canadian Province 'British Columbia' (BC). The women found that a highway was closed because of an accident while they were returning to Alberta, Canada, so they chose to take the Holmes Forest Service Road after using Google Maps to find an alternate route, reports AppleInsider.
Yochim also said that they were about 12 miles down the road, stuck in the snow without knowing where they were, and out of cell service range. "There's no cell service there but one of them happened to have the new Apple phone that has the SOS in it and activated the SOS and to my knowledge, that's the first use of the SOS in British Columbia," he mentioned. (Also Read: Apple Watch saves pregnant woman's life -- Know HOW)
Following the women's use of the feature, the RCMP and Robson Valley Search and Rescue used the GPS location to create a plan of operation, determine what happened and come to the conclusion that the women might have taken the logging road.
"They found them, pulled their vehicle out, and got them turned around and back on the way," said Yochim. "It's the kind of thing that potentially may have saved their life." Moreover, he mentioned that without Emergency SOS, it might have taken the team over a week to find the women, the report said.
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