In September, Apple presented its new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro with a branded feature:satellite connectivity. This makes it possible to prevent emergency services by passing through a network in low orbit.in case of unavailable network, which could ultimately save more than one life. Until now, it was mainly devices dedicated specifically to this task that were capable of this. At least among the most popular.
The only downside: only the United States and Canada were announced as compatible markets for the moment. But as expected by many users, Apple has just remedied this and announced that it has added four countries to the list. These are France, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany. These are regions of choice for the apple company, which charges particularly profitable prices there. The iPhone 14, for example, is sold1 019 eurosagainst 909 euros for its predecessor…
Already available for some
At the same time, Apple announced that emergency calls via satellite arenow available across the Atlantic. Users can also use them to share their geolocation with their loved ones in case of danger, but it is not possible to take advantage of them all the time. Therefore, sending SMS messages with Messages or conversations with FaceTime are not supported: Wi-Fi or 4G is required.
In France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland, you will have to wait a little longer. Apple is thus targeting the month of “December“, but without specifying an exact date. However, it is assumed that a major update to iOS 16 will also be released at this time: this may be the ideal opportunity to deploy satellite connectivity in Europe.
iPhone Compatibility
Satellite connectivity works on all iPhone 14s,iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Maxand iPhone 14 Plus. At the beginning, Apple specifies that the service will be completely free. But the offer will only be short-lived, since beyond twenty-four months customers will have to checkout. THEprixfor France is not known at the moment, but for comparison, Garmin offers devices with this functionality for around fifteen euros per month.
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