Up to date Sept. 11 with additional evaluation of the free satellite tv for pc provide and when it’d finish.
Apple launched satellite tv for pc connectivity on the iPhone 14 sequence again in November 2022. Initially, it was a free service for 2 years. However Apple made a shock announcement this week that every one iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 customers can have the service free till a minimum of November 2026. However what occurs after that? A number of analysts have weighed in — extra on that beneath.
Apple iPhone 15 simply had its satellite tv for pc connectivity prolonged at no cost.Getty Photographs
The Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc service launched the potential to ship messages to emergency companies while you’re in hassle however out of mobile or Wi-Fi connectivity. The system, which is being prolonged to Apple Watch 3 customers shortly, additionally meant you could possibly share your location, and it was later expanded so you could possibly ship textual content messages while you’re off the grid.
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All iPhones from iPhone 14 onwards mechanically get free entry to Emergency SOS for 2 years from activation. However whereas that ought to have meant early adopters might have seen the service finish in 2024, Apple introduced an extension for iPhone 14 customers in 2023. That meant the service might have ended for some customers in November 2025.
Nevertheless, buried within the notes in its Newsroom publish concerning the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max, Apple had an replace.
“Apple is extending free entry to satellite tv for pc options for an extra 12 months for current iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 customers. The free trial will probably be prolonged for iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 customers who’ve activated their system in a rustic that helps Apple’s satellite tv for pc options previous to 12 a.m. PT on September 9, 2025,” it stated.
Which signifies that all iPhone 14 sequence, iPhone 15 sequence and iPhone 16 sequence (together with iPhone 16e) customers, plus anybody with the upcoming iPhone 17 sequence, can have entry to the service till a minimum of November 2026.
That is nice information. It’s a characteristic that has unquestionably saved lives, and whereas different choices, resembling T-Cell’s T-Satellite tv for pc, provide completely different capabilities, Apple’s system, with intelligent software program that permits you to know the place to level the iPhone to sign to a passing satellite tv for pc, has grow to be an important service.
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