SOS

June Wan/ZDNETHave you ever been in a situation where you needed to message someone but there was no carrier signal to be found? No matter where you stood or how high you climbed, there were no bars. Nothing. Had that been an emergency, what would you do?Thanks to a new feature that has started rolling out to Pixel devices, such a situation could be handled without taking desperate measures.Also: The best satellite phonesThe feature is called Satellite SOS and has probably already arrived in your Pixel device but as…

Apple introduced satellite connectivity with the iPhone 14 back in 2022. The feature allows users to contact emergency services when they do not have access to a cellular or Wi-Fi network. The advanced feature might soon make its way to Google Pixel phones. A recent update to the “Adaptive Connectivity Services” app suggests that the "Satellite SOS” feature has started appearing on Google Pixel phones. The Satellite SOS was spotted in Settings under the Safety & emergency option.Multiple Google Pixel phone users have…

Pixel phones may soon get an emergency SOS feature that lets users send emergency messages via satellite. The feature is reportedly part of the Adaptive Connectivity Services app and will be enabled in a future update. A satellite SOS feature for Pixel devices is not something that is entirely a surprise. Google initially announced plans to bring it to Pixel phones back in 2022. It was rumored again in 2023 that Google would be working with Garmin on it. But hasn’t made any public announcements about its arrival in quite…

Last week, a huge cellular outage swept the U.S., with customers of some of the biggest carriers stuck with iPhones in SOS mode (No Service on older devices). But there’s some good news — if you were affected, you may be eligible for compensation.Many AT&T customers could not make calls or texts for an extended period on Thursday. Now, AT&T has announced that impacted customers will receive a $5 bill credit per account and that they should expect the credit within the next two billing cycles.A statement on the…

Do you have an iPhone that won't make calls and just shows the SOS logo (or No Service on older iPhones) at the top of the screen? You aren't alone, and it seems that there are plenty of people suffering from the same issue. The good news? It isn't your fault and your iPhone is working as intended.The bad news? There's a huge outage ongoing that is affecting some of the biggest carriers in the United States and there is no telling when it will be fixed. There's nothing for you to do but wait, which might not be the news…

When Apple announced the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro back in September of 2022 there was a lot to get excited about. One of the features that few people will actually use was arguably one of the most important, however. Emergency SOS via Satellite is a feature that would later also appear on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models and it's designed to help people get help when they otherwise might not be able to.Making a phone call to emergency services is normally no problem for an iPhone or indeed any other phone, but…

Honor Choice Watch is expected to launch in India soon. In January, HonorTech CEO Madhav Sheth had teased the smartwatch but did not announce a launch date. A tipster now claims that it will launch in the country alongside the Honor X9b, which is confirmed to launch on February 15. The upcoming smart wearable is tipped to be a remodelled version of the Honor Choice Haylou Watch that has been unveiled in select markets. If true, the Honor Choice Watch is likely to share similar specifications as…

It’s been 25 years since an album by a Black woman won the album of the year Grammy Award. The year was 1999 and Lauryn Hill’s heroic and artistic solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, took home the coveted prize. The win also marked the first time a rap-based project won the Grammys’ highest honor. Hill joined an elite club of Black women to win the award: Natalie Cole was the first to do so in 1992 with Unforgettable… with Love, an album in which she covered standards performed by her father…

Apple offers Emergency SOS via satellite, a feature that allows people to connect with emergency services over their iPhones using satellite connectivity in areas without cellular or Wi-Fi networks, in 16 countries. Unfortunately, the world’s most populated country, India, isn’t on the list. New information suggests that the scenario might change soon. According to a new report from The Hindu Businessline, Globalstar, the company that offers satellite connectivity to iPhones globally for Emergency SOS via satellite, has…

If you've ever found yourself unable to place a call, access data, or even send a text message with your iPhone and wished that true global coverage was a thing, you're going to love the work that Starlink is doing. CEO Elon Musk shared details of six new satellites that are now in orbit and are designed to make cellular dead zones a thing of the past.As great as cellular coverage has gotten in recent years there are still plenty of places where you simply can't get a signal. That's something Apple is all to aware of and…