Apple has collaborated with American satellite communications company Globalstar for emergency SOS through satellite on iPhone 14 series, which was going to become a key rival to Elon Musk's SpaceX in providing satellite-based communications to devices.

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Apple has made an investment $450 million towards making satellite infrastructure
The iPhone team has been observed as clearly super smart
The emergency SOS through satellite feature would combine custom components

Apple has made an investment $450 million towards making satellite infrastructure with Globalstar. The tech giant has agreed to pay for 95 per cent of the costs for brand new satellites which was related to the feature.

Apple planned to use Globalstar's 24-satellite constellation to run its emergency SOS through satellite service.

The move comes as telecommunication carrier T-Mobile has partnered SpaceX to form its own emergency communications service.

Musk had tweeted that 'We had some promising conversations with Apple concerning Starlink property. The iPhone team has been observed as clearly super smart.'

Therefore, he added that 'closing link from space to phone would work best if phone software & hardware had adapted to space-based signals vs Starlink strictly emulating cell tower.'

During its iPhone 14 launch event, Apple made it absolutely clear that it was going to get involved with the satellite emergency response system.

As per Ashley Williams, the company's manager of satellite modelling and simulation, 'We had set up relay centres staffed with highly-trained emergency specialists who were able to get your texts and call an emergency service provider on your behalf.'

The emergency SOS through satellite feature would combine custom components deeply integrated with software to permit antennas to attach on to a satellite, which has been enabling satellite with emergency services when outside of cellular or Wi-Fi coverage. Satellites were moving targets with low bandwidth, and it would take minutes for messages to get through.

Since each second counts, with emergency SOS via satellite, the iPhone front-loads a few important inquiries to assess the user's situation and shows them where to point their phone in order to attach to a satellite.

This breakthrough technology would permit users to manually share their location over satellite with notice Find My when there was no cellular or Wi-Fi connection, which provided a sense of security once hiking or tenting off the grid. According to Apple, 'Emergency SOS via satellite would be available to users within the US and Canada in November and therefore the service would be free for two years.'

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