Today Apple launched the Emergency SOS via satellite feature that was announced back in September for the iPhones 14.
While outside for a break from work, I noticed a red “1” badge on my iPhone’s Settings app, and sure enough it was to introduce this new feature. I was not expecting more than a few sentences to announce the launch, but instead was invited to demo the feature.
It took ~10s to find my location, ~5s to lock onto a satellite, and 10-15s to send some test messages (I presume it varies based on message length).
Overall, this was an excellent way to familiarize myself with how this feature works, so that in the hopefully unlikely event I ever have to use it, I am not having to read all the instructions carefully and go through the experience under a stressful situation.
