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Apple has extended the free access to its life-saving Emergency SOS via satellite service for existing iPhone 14 users for an additional year..
Interestingly, the service allows users to text with emergency services even when outside cellular and Wi-Fi coverage..
Roadside Assistance via satellite is available in the U.S., and users can access it on a pay-per-use basis for AAA's roadside assistance services if they are not AAA members..
Building on the satellite infrastructure, Apple has introduced Roadside Assistance via satellite, connecting users to AAA in the U.S. if they encounter car trouble outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage..
Kaiann Drance, Apples vice president of Worldwide iPhone Product Marketing, highlighted the service's success, citing instances such as the rescue of a man whose car plunged over a 400-foot cliff in Los Angeles and the location of lost hikers in the Apennine Mountains in Italy..
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