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You’ll soon be able to send photos and video to 911 as easily as to friends
When a serious emergency occurs, a picture can be worth a thousand words. It can be incredibly helpful to first...
If this all sounds familiar, that’s because there had been limited trials of the feature before Apple last year announced Emergency SOS Live Video in iOS 18. Updates will allow AT&T Mobility subscribers to send picture and video messages to PSAPs [public safety answering points, aka 911 centers] just as effortlessly as they text family and friends. Eliminating the current, more complicated process for sending multimedia to PSAPs more quickly gives 9-1-1 dispatchers a better understanding of the emergency and improves first responders’ situational awareness.
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