Article 6M2PC Google’s Pixel 9 may get an Apple-like satellite SOS feature

Google’s Pixel 9 may get an Apple-like satellite SOS feature

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Wes Davis
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Google could be adding a feature very similar to Apple's Emergency SOS feature to the Pixel 9 and the next Pixel Fold. That's according to leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, who writes for Android Authority that the company would partner with T-Mobile to offer the feature but may add other providers later.

Just like Apple's system, Google's SOS feature would reportedly present future Pixel owners with a series of questions to ascertain what's happening, rather than let users thumb one out. A video in the Android Authority article features the animation Google will display to users to help them get the phone aligned with a satellite.

According to Wojciechowska, these are some of the questions the feature will ask:

  • What happened?
  • [Are you/Are...

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