te After Apple iPhone 14, Android 14 mulls bringing THIS feature to smartphones

After Apple iPhone 14, Android 14 mulls bringing THIS feature to smartphones

The Android team is now "designing for satellites", and this support is planned for the "next version of Android", which the tech giant has confirmed as Android 14

After Apple iPhone 14, Android 14 mulls bringing THIS feature to smartphones
The OS release is likely to arrive in mid-to-late-2023.

Apple iPhone 14, Android 14: After several reports claimed that Apple is bringing satellite connectivity to the upcoming iPhone 14 series, now, Google has said that the upcoming Android 14 will allow satellite support on the smartphones. According to IANS, tech giant said that the upcoming Android 14 will "support our partners in enabling all of this" after SpaceX and T-Mobile unveiled plans to deliver direct satellite connectivity to smartphones.

On Twitter, Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems at Google, described how it "was a stretch to get 3G + Wifi working" on the first shipping Android phone (HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1) in 2008, reports 9To5Google. 

"Wild to think about user experiences for phones that can connect to satellites. When we launched G1 in '08, it was a stretch to get 3G + Wifi working. Now we are designing for satellites. Cool! Excited to support our partners in enabling all of this in the next version of Android," Lockheimer tweeted

The Android team is now "designing for satellites", and this support is planned for the "next version of Android", which the tech giant has confirmed as Android 14. The OS release is likely to arrive in mid-to-late-2023, the report said. According to Lockheimer, compared to standard LTE and 5G connections, "user experiences for phones that can connect to satellites" will be different. Satellite connectivity on phones is primarily aimed at emergency situations and getting rid of cellular dead zones, the report said.

Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Mon, Sep 05, 2022
12:49 pm
ZeeBiz WebDesk
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