Apple Announced New Security Features That Could Save Your Life - Yahoo Life

The latest iOS software update from Apple arrived this week with plenty of useful new features.

If you own a device from the iPhone 8 period and onwards, you’re in luck, and can find the iOS 16.3 update.

After updating your iPhone, you’ll notice that you now have the ability to call an emergency phone number or ‘9-1-1’ silently (without drawing attention to yourself if you are in a life-threatening situation of any kind!)

The Emergency SOS service has also been “tweaked to reduce the chance of accidentally triggering it,” the publication notes.

To download iOS 16.3, open the ‘settings’ app on your device, then go to ‘general’ and select ‘software update.’

Other features you’ll find along with the revamped ‘Emergency SOS’ include improved security keys (a physical device/ second layer of two-factor authentication), support for the next-generation Homepod speaker, advanced data protection (end-to-end encryption for data in iCloud), and a special wallpaper to celebrate Black History Month in February of 2023!