Following Verizon, Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile are adding satellite messaging on Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices.

Following Verizon, Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile are adding satellite messaging on Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices.

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And idea about what the messaging rates will be for satellite texting? I wonder if it’ll work with GrapheneOS too

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Is this a kind of emergency messaging thing being added or is this the direction we will go instead of 6G? Lol! I’m half joking because idk anything tbh.

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Emergency mostly. I would imagine in the future though it will be satellite only and towers will be obsolete

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What satellite service does this go through, I wonder?

Edit: duh, it’s right there 🤦‍♂️

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From the article: Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile, have launched satellite-based services through a collaboration with Skylo, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider.

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