Sounds like they may dead without the apple devices and we may have been reading an article about a family they died after nobody found them at the bottom of a cliff
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iPhone 14 Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via Satellite Lead Rescuers to Car That Fell Into Remote Canyon
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Hey to be fair. How could they resist? Now if it came to be that the person driving the car was distracted while playing Pokemon Go on their iPhone 14 Pro (Max) and then that very same device saved them with this feature… well that would be a juicy story any news outlet would cover. LOL
Nope, clearly these are miniatures and stop-motion.
Kidding aside I’m happy to see this worked out for these people. I hope this is a feature that is there but seldom needed.
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Excellent assessment! It's difficult to imagine people crapping on people having a serious accident being rescued. For sure they have a lot of growing up to do.
Relax and be happy that there was a positive outcome... It wasn't a press release.
It was a tweet from the Montrose Search and Rescue Team - the group that rescued the car's occupants. Hat tip for their service and for letting the public know what happened.
That said, I do hope Apple lets the public know more details from their own press release.
Yeah. Crash detection would call for you if you have signal, which is great in its own right. In this double whammy situation (accident and no signal), you need to crawl out to execute the satellite call.
It is quite impressive that a mass-production device has these capabilities. A great service for the customers.
Does Apple make money and benefit from the publicity? Absolutely. It’s a business. They make and sell stuff!!
Does the fact that they make money from selling stuff makes the feature any less valuable? Absolutely not.
Stop your negativity and cynicism. Criticize things on their merits, not because a business makes money.
Does Apple make money and benefit from the publicity? Absolutely. It’s a business. They make and sell stuff!!
Does the fact that they make money from selling stuff makes the feature any less valuable? Absolutely not.
Stop your negativity and cynicism. Criticize things on their merits, not because a business makes money.
This is the practicality of tech that I enjoy. Sometimes....the guys in the lab get it right. This is one of those times.
Better to be broke and alive than rich and dead.
Cool feature.
Just realizing the “free for two years” aspect. Predicting a low adoption rate. Unless we can finance a hopefully seldom-used feature with Apple Card. 🤪
Jokes aside, paying for features is not on-brand. Thumbs down.
Just realizing the “free for two years” aspect. Predicting a low adoption rate. Unless we can finance a hopefully seldom-used feature with Apple Card. 🤪
Jokes aside, paying for features is not on-brand. Thumbs down.
You mean like Apple TV+, iCloud storage levels, device storage, News+, Fitness+, Music, etc? You don’t have to buy them if you don’t want/need the feature/service.
It would seem to provide an additional (small) incentive to keep your phone under 2 years old, but currently anyone that truly needed such a service would be probably be better off with some of the already mature device from Garmin and others. But for free, heck yeah, why not?
And Apple is not Google, and it would not be unreasonable to expect that the feature will become considerably more robust over time, a concept that Google doesn’t embrace unless it supports the data scoopage mission.
Montrose SEARCH and Rescue. SEARCH.
Two people involved in a serious accident that occurred yesterday afternoon were rescued and located through new features available on the latest iPhone 14 models, including Emergency SOS via Satellite and Crash Detection.
The incident took place on the Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest in California, with a vehicle careening over the side of a mountain to fall approximately 300 feet into a remote canyon. An iPhone 14 model in the car detected the crash, and as there was no cellular signal, information was provided to rescuers using Emergency SOS via Satellite.
The victims sent an Emergency SOS via Satellite text message to one of Apple's relay centers, and a relay center employee then called the LA County Sheriff's department for help. The two people involved in the crash were located by the Montrose Research and Rescue Team and lifted out with a helicopter. They were brought to a local hospital and were treated for mild to moderate injuries, with the whole rescue caught on video.
The Montrose Search and Rescue Team confirmed that Emergency Satellite service from Apple was used to get help, and tweets shared show the extensive damage that the vehicle suffered when it fell down the mountain. The Search and Rescue Team said that Apple's call center was able to provide "an accurate latitude and longitude for the victims."
Apple's Emergency Satellite via SOS feature was recently used to rescue a man stranded in a remote area of Alaska, and the Crash Detection feature has been successfully used several times, including once for a Redditor who was able to get to his wife minutes after she suffered a serious accident thanks to the alert.
Crash Detection and Emergency Satellite via SOS are available to all iPhone 14 users. The SOS feature can be activated when an emergency situation occurs and there is no WiFi or cellular connection available.
As of right now, Emergency SOS via Satellite is available in North America, France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK. It is free to use for two years, and Apple has not yet provided detail on how much it will cost going forward.
Article Link: iPhone 14 Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via Satellite Lead Rescuers to Car That Fell Into Remote Canyon
Well said. If you don't need the feature, simply don't sign up and pay for it. Easy.
"and it would not be unreasonable to expect that the feature will become considerably more robust over time,"
Agree. With the infrastructure in place (which Apple pays for - apparently unbeknownst to people wanting the current service free of charge) I suspect there will be other related services that will come out as they're developed.
Apple is also making a $450 million investment in Globalstar's next generation satellites and infrastructure.
I actually am one of the people from that accident. No phones were the cause, we lost traction after letting someone go ahead of us. We are grateful to be alive and have no injuries. just some headaches and soreness. after the crash we are honestly blessed to have crawled out safely, first thing I said was FIND MY PHONE. I had just recently upgraded to the 14 switching to Verizon. I didn't know that feature existed but thank god because they got us 20 minutes after. My worries after the crash were getting out of there and our dog at home. I'm honestly thankful for being an apple user that day. my phone still works and cracked up but now getting a replacement.
Two people involved in a serious accident that occurred yesterday afternoon were rescued and located through new features available on the latest iPhone 14 models, including Emergency SOS via Satellite and Crash Detection.
The incident took place on the Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest in California, with a vehicle careening over the side of a mountain to fall approximately 300 feet into a remote canyon. An iPhone 14 model in the car detected the crash, and as there was no cellular signal, information was provided to rescuers using Emergency SOS via Satellite.
The victims sent an Emergency SOS via Satellite text message to one of Apple's relay centers, and a relay center employee then called the LA County Sheriff's department for help. The two people involved in the crash were located by the Montrose Research and Rescue Team and lifted out with a helicopter. They were brought to a local hospital and were treated for mild to moderate injuries, with the whole rescue caught on video.
The Montrose Search and Rescue Team confirmed that Emergency Satellite service from Apple was used to get help, and tweets shared show the extensive damage that the vehicle suffered when it fell down the mountain. The Search and Rescue Team said that Apple's call center was able to provide "an accurate latitude and longitude for the victims."
Apple's Emergency Satellite via SOS feature was recently used to rescue a man stranded in a remote area of Alaska, and the Crash Detection feature has been successfully used several times, including once for a Redditor who was able to get to his wife minutes after she suffered a serious accident thanks to the alert.
Crash Detection and Emergency Satellite via SOS are available to all iPhone 14 users. The SOS feature can be activated when an emergency situation occurs and there is no WiFi or cellular connection available.
As of right now, Emergency SOS via Satellite is available in North America, France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK. It is free to use for two years, and Apple has not yet provided detail on how much it will cost going forward.
Article Link: iPhone 14 Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via Satellite Lead Rescuers to Car That Fell Into Remote Canyon
I wonder if one of the victims had to climb out of the car to align it with a satellite or if they did it while still inside.
You said pretty much the same thing on the last emergency SOS story. Yawn.
I'm one of the really old folks. In all my years I've never seen negativism like I'm seeing here. It's not just the negative comments, it's all those people who are giving those comments a thumbs up. I sincerely feel sorry for you people - how sad going through life just feeding on the dark side. Where does this way of being come from .. Is it a habit developed on social media? - Or what?
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Happy to hear that they are safe. Apple’s feature is really useful.