iPhone SOS alert sends California rescuers on trek through knee-deep streams

The SOS feature is only available on iPhone 14s and 15s. Users of those phones can text emergency services via satellite while off-grid with no cellular or WiFi coverage. — Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash

The SOS message was nothing new to the California rescue crew. It arrived via satellite through an emergency feature that is on newer iPhones.

This kind of mission is rapidly becoming par for the course for people in search and rescue.