iPhone's Emergency SOS feature helps foil an assaultWhat you need to know
A woman had to use the iPhone Emergency SOS feature to call the police.
The feature helped her fend off an assault.
Dispatchers were able to send police to her location.
Thankfully they caught the attacker, too.
Apple's Emergency SOS feature is one that not a lot of people are aware of, and that's something that needs to change. Thankfully a woman who was being assaulted was absolutely aware of it and successfully used it to fend off her attacker.
The Emergency SOS feature allows users of iPhones and Apple Watches to press and hold specific buttons to call emergency services with no other interactions required. And everyone should know how to use it.
At around 2 am this past Sunday morning a woman was assaulted at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront after her attacker initially claimed to have lost his own iPhone.
It was early Sunday around 2 a.m. and the woman was about to get into her Uber to go home when she says, "This guy came up to me and said, 'I los...
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iPhone's Emergency SOS feature helps foil an assault
