If you’ve recently purchased Apple's new iPhone 14, you may have noticed this SOS icon appear in the status bar. Which can be ...

If you've noticed your phone in SOS after a bout of bad weather, you're not alone. Here's what it means and how to troubleshoot the issue.

SOS was first transmitted in the U.S. in 1909 from the Arapahoe vessel and was later used alongside CQD when the Titanic was sinking. The U.S. officially adopted the signal after Titanic.

Apple added the “SOS” indicator to the status bar in iOS 16. The move was likely inspired by its work on Emergency SOS via satellite for that year’s iPhone 14 lineup.

Nope, the SOS meaning is not "save our ship." Not even close. Here's what SOS means and how to use the term today. Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and ...

Emergency SOS service is also available for people visiting the US and Canada, unless they bought their iPhone 14 or 15 in China, Hong Kong or Macao. Can I use Emergency SOS via Satellite indoors? No.

In actuality, SOS is meaningless, and the letters don't break out into anything other than what they are. That said, there's a reason those letters are used, which ultimately makes a lot of sense.

To use Emergency SOS via satellite, you first need to try to make an emergency call, like 911. If no networks are available, then the Emergency Text via Satellite option appears on screen.

SOS with slider: Press and hold the side button until you see the power-off screen, then use the SOS slider The auto SOS call feature is turned on by default in the Apple Watch app settings.

There’s one other options screen to look at in advance. If you go to Settings, and then Emergency SOS, you can enable both Call with Hold (which calls the emergency services with a button hold ...

While the Galaxy Watch 5 has an SOS mode, it doesn’t necessarily follow the same protocol. Rather than calling 911 or emergency services, the Galaxy Watch 5 only calls a single emergency contact.