Verizon brings satellite connectivity to Galaxy and Pixel devices
Verizon today announced a significant expansion of its satellite texting capabilities, enabling its customers to become the first in the US to send text messages to any other customer device via satellite when outside the reach of terrestrial cellular networks using select Android devices from the series of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 smartphones. Upgrades enabling this service start today and will continue over the next two weeks.
I’ve received it on my Pixel 9 Pro and though I don’t plan on going on any hikes up Mt. Everest and thankfully there aren’t really any extreme weather conditions happening in Arizona anytime soon. Thankfully I don’t think I’ll be needing to use this feature anytime soon. But it’s nice to have.