Satellite connectivity support to come with Android 14
The Android 14 is upon us as the Android 13 coming to an end with the Android 13 QPR beta. Sources have relayed that an interesting feature, Satellite connectivity support, will be coming in with Android 14.
Satellite connectivity support is a development confirmed by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems, earlier today. Noting how it “was a stretch to get 3G + WiFi” working on the first Android smartphone, he further told us how the brand will be stepping up its game to initiate the satellite connectivity support on Android 14.
He notes that the satellite connectivity support will be on a whole new level compared to LTE and 5G connections. We should expect increased speed in connectivity as well as interaction times, something around “two to four megabits of bandwidth per cellular zone”, according to SpaceX.
The SpaceX boss, Elon Musk further relayed that the connectivity will support “one to two thousand simultaneous voice calls or hundreds of thousands of text messages that could be sent depending on the length of the text message”. That’s from one establishment kickstarting satellite connectivity support on devices. The second is the T-Mobile network carrier.
T-Mobile hopes to “separate message traffic from all other traffic”. The main aim of the connectivity is to eliminate cellular dead zones and help emergencies. Google will be getting support from their partners to serve us these interesting benefits of this connectivity.
When to expect Android 14 Satellite connectivity support
The connectivity has not entered the development stage, however, since it’s with Android 14, we can be sure to expect it sometime in late 2023 as the first beta of Android 14 is expected sometime in April according to the Android 13 QPR beta review.
