TechPhonesAndroid PhonesYour next Samsung Galaxy phone could let you talk to satellites from your flying carSamsung is working on satellite connectivity that goes beyond Apple’s iPhone 14 offeringWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesYour next Samsung Galaxy phone could let you talk to satellites from your flying carSamsung is working on satellite connectivity that goes beyond Apple’s iPhone 14 offeringWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Samsung is working on satellite connectivity that goes beyond Apple’s iPhone 14 offering
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Future / Mike Lowe)
(Image credit: Future / Mike Lowe)
One of the features absent from theSamsung Galaxy S23was the ability tocommunicate with satellites– a feature some people thoughtSamsungmight add afterApplebroughtsatellite-based emergency callingto theiPhone 14.
It now seems that Samsung phones getting satellite connections are a case of “when”, not “if”: a newreportsays that Samsung is working on bringing satellite communications to its Exynos chips, and we already know that Qualcomm is bringingsatellite connectivityto its Snapdragons later this year.
Samsung doesn’t currently put Exynos silicon in theSamsung GalaxyPhones – it’sswitchedsolely to Snapdragons – but as both its own silicon and Qualcomm’s will offer satellite features we should see those features in future models.
So what has Samsung been working on?
What Samsung is saying about satellites
Samsung hasannouncedits development of a 5G NTN – Non-Terrestrial Network – technology that delivers two-way communications between satellites and smartphones. According to Samsung, it’s " paving the way for the 6G-driven Internet of Everything (IoE) era" and will help power “future urban air mobility (UAM) such as unmanned aircraft and flying cars.”
Clearly all of this isn’t going to be in theSamsung Galaxy S24. But it’s quite possible that the emergency SOS option will be, bringing Samsung’s flagships in line with Apple’s. As for the flying cars, they’ll probably take a bit longer to arrive.
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