Verizon cuts dead areas by expanding satellite text messages

If you are a Verizon customer, you can now send text messages across the satellite to any device, regardless of the transportation company, when the cell service is not available. the Mobile phone holder He said on Thursday that he expands satellite text messages without any cost to users Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 Smartphones.

Verizon said in a statement.

previously I declare a step It means that you can send and receive texts on any network or device via the satellite even when stopping the network. This system differs from the SOS space tools used in iphone and Pixel Devices. Although these phones were able to send emergency messages via satellite for a period of time now, Android phones I left behind.

This step follows Verizon to test data and video calls via satellite connection, similar to AT & T initiatives. The company is already relies on satellite technology to respond to emergency situations. It also represents a broader trend among technology companies that exceed SOS in emergency situations. With the inclusion of Apple T-Mobile Starlink service In iPhone devices, staying to the network may be much easier by cutting the chased signal bars or hunting your phone towards the sky in intermittent coverage areas.

As Starlink, the Amazon Kuper and others are racing to expand coverage-including the T-Mobile Access test for AT & T and Verizon-can approach a world where your phone works anywhere. To get a deeper diving on how to make a new Verizon service, check out CNET Demo One of the Samsung Galaxy S25 text messages from the Verizon clients.

‘Just the beginning “

Josep Jurnett, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at North Eston University, said the next large technology race between companies is the satellite -based mobile phone.

“It is a race, and this is just the beginning,” he said. “The first SMS, then the high -speed data calls for the end.”

Gurnet said that companies are expected to eventually push companies to high-frequency ranges such as millimeters and Sub-THz, and to cancel global communication faster and more reliable.