General Motors is expanding its OnStar program to anyone and everyone, meaning that, even if you don’t own a GM vehicle, you can, in its words, “remain protected and connected from anywhere and in any vehicle.”

The expansion is via its OnStar Guardian app, which allows customers to share critical OnStar safety and security services with up to seven of their loved ones.

Like the original OnStar program, the Guardian app provides mobile crash response, 24/7 roadside assistance, automatic location status, and an emergency button that connects the app user to an emergency-certified OnStar advisor. It also allows members to save and share favourite locations on the embedded map and receive notifications for when loved ones arrive at their destination. In other words, the Guardian app is the ultimate safety nanny.

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