IOS 18 is available

[180ls1]

Does anyone know if my wife, who has an iphone 13 but with ios18 will be able to receive my satellite texts?

She would be in a big city (San Diego) and I would be the one in the woods with my iphone 14.

 

[Tahoe1305]

I pushed from a iPhone 14 with ios18 to iPhone 12 with old IOS last week. No issues. Didn’t work the other way even after downloading 18 fwiw.

 

[2buffalo]

Is there an sos button?

 

[98XJRC]

Is there an sos button?

From what I remember starting with the iPhone 14 the SOS via satellite was available.

 

[fngTony]

Does anyone know if my wife, who has an iphone 13 but with ios18 will be able to receive my satellite texts?

She would be in a big city (San Diego) and I would be the one in the woods with my iphone 14.

The way I understand it is that her phone can receive your satellite message but can’t send a satellite message back.

 

[swavescatter]

I just texted my wife today from a dead zone in a canyon. She got the text and responded.

We're both 14 Pro. I'm on 18.0 and she is 17.XX

Works way better than my Garmin IMO. I usually carry my work iphone as well so I'll have a backup there too.

 

[BBob]

• Encourage your contacts to update their iPhone — To receive iMessages via satellite, your contact needs to have iOS 18 or later. To reply to SMS messages via satellite, your contact needs to have iOS 17.6 or later or a non-Apple device.

About Messages via satellite on your iPhone - Apple Support

With iPhone 14 or later, you can send iMessages or SMS messages via satellite when you’re off the grid with no cellular and Wi-Fi coverage.

support.apple.com