Have you noticed the satellite icon that sometimes appears on your cell phone’s taskbar? Surely, you have seen it on occasion if you have any of the latest iPhone models. Here we will tell you why it appears and what its function is.
Technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, proof of this is all the high-tech devices that we have been seeing in recent years, including smartphones.
These smartphones or smart phones are electronic devices that people know very well, since these days there are few who refuse to have one.
Of all the existing brands of smartphones, some make more differences than others. Such is the case of Apple, a technology company well known throughout the world.
Apple is one of the technology companies that has gained the most popularity worldwide, since the devices it offers us usually have the best advances on the market.
One of its best-selling products around the world is its cell phones, which are called the iPhone, which were at the time the most revolutionary thing in mobile telephony.
Currently, this product has not ceased to surprise consumers with the technology that it has presented to us in its latest models. From faster processors, more efficient battery, high resolution cameras, among other tools and functions.
Recently, Apple has added a new feature to its latest iPhones, more specifically the iPhone 14 and 15 models. This new tool has the objective of saving lives if required.
To clarify more about this feature, first ask yourself, have you ever seen the satellite icon at the top of your iPhone screen?
If your answer was yes, this is normal if you have this new iPhone tool, which means that your device has an emergency coverage function.
In other words, this satellite icon, which is usually presented alongside another well-known ‘SOS’ icon, appears in your top toolbar on your iPhone when it is left without any coverage, mobile network, or Internet WIFI.
When left without any coverage, the iPhone enters a mode in which even without internet or signal, emergency services can be contacted from anywhere in the world, since this satellite network has that purpose for iPhone users.
If this icon appears on your top screen, it means that you have lost your network and internet and can only contact emergency services by call or text message.
When you see this icon on your screen, there is nothing to worry about, generally, the signal or the internet does not take long to return, once it returns, the satellite icon will disappear.
The function as such is called ‘Satellite SOS Emergencies’, an extremely useful tool for all users that greatly reduces the need to have a network or internet in an emergency.
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