iPhones will soon be able to stream live video on 911 calls

First responder networks are lining up to support a awesome caller emergency characteristic successful iOS 18: Live Video support. Now, 911 support platforms, including RapidSOS Unite and Prepared, are integrating pinch Apple’s Emergency SOS Live Video, which was announced astatine WWDC successful June.

The caller characteristic lets you video chat pinch 911 dispatchers and emergency responders, aiding them successful uncovering you accelerated erstwhile you request help. Apple’s Emergency SOS could already relay a sound telephone and nonstop texts to responders, arsenic good arsenic stock your location.

This is each portion of Apple’s bigger push to adhd information features successful caller years, including Crash Detection, which was introduced connected nan iPhone 14 and newer and later added to nan Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra, and nan 2nd procreation SE. iPhone 14 and 15 users besides get Emergency SOS via satellite, which tin send texts and your location to emergency responders, moreover if you person nary compartment signal.

Other Emergency SOS features see Fall Detection, which started pinch Apple Watch Series 4, and nan expertise to make an emergency telephone by holding buttons.