The pace of modern life is frenetic, and staying connected is key. Yet there are still places where the mobile networks fail us dead in their tracks. Enter satellites and their long-awaited messaging feature. Satellite messaging is a cellular feature available on the latest iPhone 14. But now, Linux users are looking up at the heavens as well. Thanks to Android 15, it’s anticipated that all Android phones will soon feature satellite messaging capabilities and, truly, this feels like a giant leap for universal connectivity.
Interesting feedback: some customers who recently got access to the public beta of Android 15 received pop-ups mentioning the satellite messaging – a sign that satellite text messaging is about to go live. While the functionality is still under wraps, the ability to text anyone from anywhere, regardless of whether they have cell coverage or not, is an exciting first step into our communication future.
By embedding emergency satellite communications into the iPhone 14, Apple set an extremely high bar for mobile network access. Certainly, Android phones have always been a wellspring of fresh ideas, expanded access and practical improvements for users, and it looks like Android 15 is aiming to match and exceed Apple’s benchmark.
The challenge of integrating satellite messaging is that it requires the right software and the right hardware, with the right carrier behind it. This is where Android’s story is particularly interesting. While these giants may be Apple’s biggest competitors, the tech world is in reality a very co-operative place It differs from Apple in that it is part of a wildly divergent universe of devices, manufacturers and carriers. This effort to get Android users their satellite messages is one of the most fascinating examples of industry-wide co-operation in modern tech.
A highlight of this saga is T-Mobile’s collaboration with SpaceX, who plans to eventually integrate its Starlink network in a ‘direct-to-cell’ capability where ordinary cell phones communicate via satellite without requiring special hardware. Soon, miles instead of centimetres will be instant. Everyone will be able to use satellite messaging, not just the few.
What truly distinguishes those satellite-capable Android 15 messages is the fact that they work with any contact in your phonebook rather than just emergency contacts, unlike the equivalent iPhone feature. The creation of this new class of message could reinforce the idea that there are no truly unreachable places.
We await further announcements and videos regarding Android 15 and its satellite messaging. But it seems certain that we have crossed another threshold in our planet’s mobile communication. For safety, for accessibility and for the inclusive globalisation of human progress, this expansion into space promises much, for now and the future. We can expect no citizen anywhere on the blue marble to remain out of reach.
In just a few short decades, our phones – once strictly utilitarian devices to speak with one another – became a lifeline to the outside world and, after that, our source of entertainment, and today provide us with the gateway to the skies above. Throughout those steps, each iteration of satellite messaging has shown where we’ve been, and where we’re going. It seems, now, that our phones will remain at the core of this change, a bridge to the world and way of connecting with one another.
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