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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by subsubzero on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @12:44PM (#33612487)
It does, I have the fancier inReach - the one that can make calls and texts without being tethered to an iphone. The service runs $15 a month for the basic service and scales up depending on how many texts a month you want to use. I wouldn't ditch it for an iphone 14 as it is way more rugged and in really cold climates(I live near the mountains) a iphone will rapidly discharge its battery and will be useless.

I finally broke down and got my inreach as I was exploring a canyon way out in the desert and a rockslide almost took out my ankle. I told my Wife when I got back and she made me get one as I most likely would have been in serious trouble as cell signal was not working and nobody was in miles of me.

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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by carabiner on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @01:44PM (#33613209)
Which Inreach model allows voice calls?
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by jms703 on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:41PM (#33613948)
None of the Inreach devices can make calls.
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by subsubzero on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @03:45PM (#33614762)
you are correct, inReach devices can text by themselves(with no cell signal) and can be paired with a cell phone to make calls(I have the 66i), but not make calls by themselves.

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-6E5DFD2E-EEE4-4...

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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by c0nsumer on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @05:16PM (#33615870)
Are you sure of that? I can find no info nor claims of inReach devices doing anything voice-wise, even when paired with a phone.
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by subsubzero on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @06:08PM (#33616500)
I think I didn't write that clear enough :) I haven't used mine like this so far.. but you can pair the garmin to a phone(via the connect app) and make a call from the phone using the garmin as an antenna so to speak, you cannot talk or hear anything on it(the garmin inReach).
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by c0nsumer on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @07:01PM (#33617032)
Can you point me to the docs on that? As far as I knew the inReach is a data-only thing, even when paired to the phone.
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by skeyo on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @09:45PM (#33618187)
That's definitely not a thing.
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by PierceJoy on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @10:35PM (#33618504)
You can pair the Garmin to a phone. You cannot make calls from that phone over the inreach network.
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by carabiner on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @10:18PM (#33618387)
You've linked to the DriveSmart 66 doc which has nothing to do with Inreach. The DriveSmart is a car computer: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/721098
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Re:Apple: Emergency SOS via satellite available today (US an... by jjav on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @10:43PM (#33618553)
The Garmin inReach cannot make phone calls in any way or configuration.

It can send & receive text messages either by itself (that's a pain since you have to select letters one by one with arrow keys, but it works) or paired to a supported external device like a tablet.

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