We were able to enable satellite messaging options in Google Messages. Users should automatically get the option to connect to a satellite when they are outside cellular/Wi-Fi coverage.

HMD launched an accessory at CES 2025 that acts as a satellite hotspot to send text messages in signal dead zones. David Lumb is a mobile reporter covering how on-the-go gadgets like phones ...

Fortunately, Apple recently added texting by satellite with iOS 18 for iPhone 14 models and newer. This expansion of the iPhone’s satellite connectivity—Apple previously only provided ...

T-Mobile is letting customers sign up to be the first to test its upcoming Starlink satellite direct-cell service, which promises to fill in 500,000 square miles of terrestrial cell tower dead ...

Russia may be close to sharing advanced satellite technology with North Korea after the isolated nation supplied troops to help bolster Moscow’s war in Ukraine, United States Secretary of State ...

The European Union is forging ahead with plans for a constellation of internet satellites to rival Elon Musk-owned Starlink, after signing a €10.6 billion ($11.1 billion) deal to launch nearly ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin plan to conduct its ...

Newly captured satellite imagery shows that Iran's drone carriers are off its southern coast, thousands of miles away from the eastern United States. The images back up the Pentagon's refutation ...

AST SpaceMobile invented the concept of direct-to-cell phone calls between ordinary cellphones communicating via satellite. SpaceX liked the idea, and in 2022, began working to take over the DTC ...

Maxar satellite images on Friday show Russian military vessels preparing to depart and equipment being dismantled near the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria, several days after Syrian President Bashar al ...

SpaceX launched an advanced GPS satellite to orbit Monday night (Dec. 16), on a mission that the U.S. Space Force said showcased a new level of responsiveness and readiness.