{"id":136291,"date":"2022-03-03T04:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-3g-shutdown-will-affect-everyday-devices-you-probably-own"},"modified":"2022-03-03T04:20:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:20:14","slug":"the-3g-shutdown-will-affect-everyday-devices-you-probably-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-3g-shutdown-will-affect-everyday-devices-you-probably-own","title":{"rendered":"The 3G shutdown will affect everyday devices you probably own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-3g-shutdown-will-affect-everyday-devices-you-probably-own2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/02\/tech\/3g-networks-shutting-down\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">looming shutdown<\/a> of 3G networks won\u2019t just impact older phones.<\/p>\n<p>With AT&amp;T\u2019s 3G network shutting down next week, and other carriers following suit later this year, a range of products require updates to continue working, including some home alarm systems, medical devices such as fall detectors, and in-car crash notification and roadside assistance systems such as General Motors\u2019 OnStar.<\/p>\n<p>Just as many mobile carriers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/02\/tech\/3g-networks-shutting-down\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">urged customers<\/a> to swap their older 3G iPhones, Android phones, e-readers and other handheld devices for newer models ahead of the shutdown, other businesses are urging customers to upgrade or replace some of the everyday products and services in their homes and cars before they drop connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The looming shutdown of 3G networks won\u2019t just impact older phones. With AT&amp;T\u2019s 3G network shutting down next week, and other carriers following suit later this year, a range of products require updates to continue working, including some home alarm systems, medical devices such as fall detectors, and in-car crash notification and roadside assistance systems [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,43,1512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-business","category-mobile-phones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}