Top 3 Features Of The iPhone 14 That Will Be Useful For Car Owners

Two of the three features are meant to improve user’s safety

The flagship iPhone 14 has just been revealed at Apple’s yearly September conference. This year’s highlights include the A16 Bionic Chip and the new Dynamic Island, which is basically an island-styled isolated notch. You also have improvements to the camera, the new Action mode, and of course, the larger screen and to round it off is the new iOS 16. But this info you might have read on 100 other websites! 

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Now, for us, for the automotive industry, there are some developments too. The iPhone 14 and iOS 16 now get some features that will be useful for car owners. Here are the top three features that Apple’s flagship phone will boast:

Crash Notification

The iPhone 14 boasts of a crash detection feature which notifies your emergency contact in case of an accident. The GPS detects the speed changes, the barometer will detect the cabin pressure and the microphone will recognize the accident or loud thud noises. Once detected, the system will send a notification to the phone as well as the Apple Watch. If the user doesn’t respond to the notification in 10 seconds a notification will be sent to the user’s emergency contact. 

Emergency Satellite SOS

In case you’re stranded without any network connection and want to send an emergency message, this feature of the iPhone 14 comes into play. If you’re in a clear open space, you can directly point your phone towards the sky and the system will tell you which direction the satellite is. Once the satellite is detected, a short emergency text will be sent to the Apple Replay centre, which will further pass on the notification to the emergency contact. You can even specify the emergency and accordingly, the text will be sent in 15 seconds. You can use this feature to even share your live location on Find My. 

Turn By Turn Navigation Made Easy

The iPhone’s new “display island” shows a variety of information which also includes turn-by-turn direction. So just switch on the maps and even if you have changed the screen, you can see the turn-by-turn directions on the display notch. You can use it even if you’re not on the ‘Maps’ window. 

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Meanwhile, iOS 16 will also be rolled out on September 12, which will give us access to the new Apple CarPlay interface. Carmakers will begin incorporating the new CarPlay for the extended large screens (like in the Merc EQS) by late 2023.