Last week, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced that they would bring satellite links to mobile phones with a special event. Following this statement, Google announced that the Android 14 operating system will directly support these connections.
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It will be an important application for emergencies
Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems, announced that the Android team is working on satellite links. In addition, Lockheimer also mentioned that while making the announcement, supporting 3G and Wi-Fi in the first version of Android pushed the team quite hard. Lockheimer stated that satellite connections are different from LTE and 5G connections, and users will have different experiences in speed, connection and latency. Thus, Google has stated that Android 14, which is expected to be released in the fall of 2023, will directly support satellite connections.
Satellite connections, which will be used in emergencies and in places where wireless connections cannot reach, will offer 2-4 megabits of bandwidth per region. In general, satellite connections, which will focus on services such as messaging and calling, will create an important communication network in case of emergency. In addition, T-Mobile stated that they are trying to negotiate with messaging applications and that certain messaging applications may support satellite connections in the future.
Satellite links will work on existing iPhone and Android models without requiring any updates to the operating system, but Google’s work on this feature across the operating system will increase the power and usefulness of this feature.
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