Imagine your parent or grandparent, who perhaps live alone, has an accident and is hurt, or they’re self-isolating with COVID-19 symptoms and things take a turn for the worse.
They’re able to reach 911, but how will you know? With a quick setup in the iPhone, their phone can notify you (their emergency contact) the moment they get off the phone with first responders.
It's called SOS Emergency mode. If that’s not helpful enough, the iPhone that made the 911 call then sends its current location to you (the emergency contact), as well as continued updates each time the person’s location changes.
In reality, any of us can get into an emergency situation, and we all likely have someone in our lives who we’d want to be notified immediately if