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iPhone’s Emergency SOS feature saves a group of lost hikers in California

May 19, 2023

Via: BGR
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The iPhone 14’s SOS via satellite feature has saved another life. Well, in this case, a whole group of them.

As reported by NBC News, a group of teens got lost while hiking in Southern California. After being lost for about three hours in a canyon, one of the ten people in the group used the Emergency SOS features on their iPhone to call for help.

According to Ventura County Sheriff’s Deputy Mackenzie Spears, “most of the hikers were not prepared” for the hike and lacked the proper gear and supplies for hiking in the conditions they were in.

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