Final week, SpaceX introduced it might carry satellite tv for pc connectivity to smartphones in collaboration with T-Cell. Following this, Google introduced it might assist satellite tv for pc connectivity within the subsequent model of Android 14 and assist companions in enabling the know-how.
The information comes from Google’s Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems, Hiroshi Lockheimer, recalling how strenuous it was to get 3G + Wi-Fi engaged on the primary Android telephone HTC Dream, often known as T-Cell G1.
Wild to consider consumer experiences for telephones that may hook up with satellites. Once we launched G1 in ’08 it was a stretch to get 3G + Wifi working. Now we’re designing for satellites. Cool! Excited to assist our companions in enabling all of this within the subsequent model of Android!
— Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) September 1, 2022
Nonetheless, it ought to be famous that satellite tv for pc connectivity in telephones gained’t supply fast-speed web however as an alternative works on eliminating zones the place there isn’t any mobile connectivity and assist in emergency conditions.
T-Cell stated it’s going to initially assist textual content messaging, MMS and choose messaging apps. The corporate went on to say that in the long run, they’d additionally think about supporting information and voice. The community provider expects to start out the preliminary beta someday in late 2023. And whereas present telephones and Android units will get assist, the inclusion of working system stage assist could be extremely useful.
That stated, the identified Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo additionally instructed that Apple is working with Globalstar to carry satellite tv for pc connectivity to the iPhone 14 sequence. However until the tech big manages to get a authorized allow in India, it must disable the function.
