It's an all too familiar scene: you're exploring a new area, you take out your phone, and you see the dreaded SOS symbol in the top right corner. It feels like a death knell in our phone addicted ...

Shortly after the issues were reported on Downdetector, searches surged on Google for SOS mode, which can appear on devices when service is disrupted. SOS mode means your phone should still be able to ...

Editors' Note: Verizon appears to be suffering an outage in the U.S. on January 14, 2026, which may explain the appearance of the SOS alert on your iPhone. See our Verizon outage live blog for more ...

You’re probably used to seeing a 5G, LTE, or Wi-Fi symbol in your iPhone’s status bar, but recent iOS versions have added another option to the list that may ...

T-Mobile SOS outage today: T-Mobile experienced a widespread service outage on Monday affecting thousands of users in California, Georgia, Arizona and Utah in the United States. Many customers ...

It’s been a year since Apple launched “Emergency SOS via satellite” on the iPhone—and reports suggest that the feature is already saving lives. For example, after a car with two passengers went off ...

The iPhone 14 is getting a new safety feature. At Apple’s “Far Out” event, the company announced the new iPhone will let you send emergency messages via satellite when you’re outside of cell phone ...

Emergency SOS via satellite is now available in Andorra and Iceland, according to an updated Apple support document.

Following Hurricane Milton's landfall in Florida, here's how to make sure you can send messages via satellite if you have no cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. Communication is essential in an emergency, ...

Thousands of T-Mobile customers reported service disruptions on Monday, with many saying their phones displayed an "SOS" message. The outage affected users across several major US cities, though ...