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Android 14 Satellite Connectivity feature confirmed
While Apple and Huawei are reportedly going to introduce Satellite Connectivity with their upcoming flagship smartphones, Google is not behind and confirmed that Android 14 will bring Satellite Connectivity.
According to the information, Hiroshi Lockheimer (senior vice president of platforms and ecosystems at Google) revealed that Google has begun working on connecting phones to satellites.
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The official mentioned in his Twitter post that the first Android phone, the HTC G1, was released in 2008, featuring 3G+WiFi networks support. Now, the company has started to work on connecting phones to satellites.
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Regarding this, it’s most likely that the US tech giant may introduce support for the satellite connection function through the major version update of Android 14 next year, while the Developer Preview may start in March 2023.
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're designing for satellites. Cool! Excited to support our partners in enabling all of this in the next version of Android!
— Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) September 1, 2022
In contrast, the satellite communication function is mainly a supplement to the terrestrial cellular communication system that is mainly used in remote areas, ocean and sky scenarios, and emergency disaster relief scenarios.
Well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo earlier revealed that Apple is indeed developing satellite communications for some of the iPhone 14 series models, and completed hardware testing ahead of mass production.
Aside from this, folks over at HC Newsroom also revealed that Huawei’s upcoming Mate 50 and Mate 50 Pro flagships will introduce special emergency functions using satellite communications.
