Apple's Free Satellite Features on iPhone Available in These Countries

In a connection shared with 9to5Mac this week, Apple announced that it volition beryllium launching its Emergency SOS via outer diagnostic successful Mexico aboriginal this year.


Apple's outer features are disposable connected each iPhone 14 models and newer. The features see Emergency SOS via satellite, Find My via satellite, Messages via satellite, and Roadside Assistance via satellite, with availability of each varying by country.

The features are disposable to usage erstwhile you are successful an country without Wi-Fi oregon cellular sum — otherwise, determination is lone a demo mode. To entree the features, unfastened Control Center and scroll down to the leafage with "Satellite." Tap connected that to unfastened Apple's Connection Assistant, which lists each of the outer features disposable successful your country.

Apple has yet to complaint a interest for immoderate of its outer features. Last month, the institution announced it is providing existing iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users with an additional twelvemonth of escaped access to the full suite of outer features connected those devices.

Below, we person outlined wherever the outer features are available.

Emergency SOS via satellite

• Australia


• Austria


• Belgium


• Canada


• France


• Germany


• Ireland


• Italy


• Japan


• Luxembourg


• Mexico (Later this year)


• The Netherlands


• New Zealand


• Portugal


• Spain


• Switzerland


• U.K.


• U.S.

Find My via satellite

• Australia


• Austria


• Belgium


• Canada


• France


• Germany


• Ireland


• Italy


• Japan


• Luxembourg


• Mexico


• The Netherlands


• New Zealand


• Portugal


• Spain


• Switzerland


• U.K.


• U.S.

Messages via satellite

• Canada


• Mexico


• U.S.

Roadside Assistance via satellite

• Australia


• U.K.


• U.S.

The minimum iOS mentation required for each diagnostic varies by country.

International travelers who sojourn a state wherever the features are disposable tin usage the diagnostic portion visiting, but if they bought their iPhone successful Armenia, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, oregon Russia, according to Apple.

iOS 26 beta codification included references to Weather via satellite, but Apple has yet to denote specified a feature, and it is unclear if it remains successful development.
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