With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no...

With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no…

    • stopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOP
      473·
      1 year ago

      9to5 Mac is by virtue of the name very celebratory of Apple things.

      Focus more on the tech saving people’s lives.

        • stopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOP
          284·
          1 year ago

          Tech like this helps people in more subtle ways, too.

          I bought an Apple Watch to monitor my heart rate because a symptom of something I was diagnosed with was it could cause it to speed up. When my doctor decided to take me off the meds that kept it lowered, it was only thanks to the data from my watch that she put me back on it - she didn’t believe me when I said my heart rate felt like it had started going too fast and I was running out of breath too easily after she took me off them (she pointed to blood test numbers as “proof” I didn’t need them anymore), then I pulled out my phone and pulled up the app that collated the data from my watch, and showed her the giant spike in numbers after she took me off the meds.

          Then she went, “…ah,” and put me back on the heart meds. She wouldn’t have otherwise.

    • sugarfree@lemmy.worldEnglish
      365·
      1 year ago

      It’s a genuinely good feature, we’re going to continue seeing positive stories like this as more people use it in life threatening situations.

      • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
        81·
        1 year ago

        It’s made me think about situations I might end up in that would benefit from this extra layer of safety where previously I’ve just YOLO’d and not gotten unlucky.

    • EnderWi99in@kbin.social
      48·
      1 year ago

      Because it is. Apple does this shit all time and it’s enfuriating. Especially considering Android offers exactly the same feature so there’s no “thanking” a brand when both major platforms do this. People just lap it up though.

      • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        Which Android phones have satellite access? I saw Qualcomm came out with hardware in the beginning of the year that can also sms over satellite but haven’t seen an Android phone with it yet.