Google's Pixel 9 could get Apple-like satellite tv for pc SOS function

Google could add a function just like Apple's Emergency SOS function to the Pixel 9 and the subsequent Pixel Fold. That's in keeping with leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, who writes for Android Authority The corporate will companion with T-Cell to supply this function however could add different suppliers later.

Like Apple's system, Google's SOS function will reportedly current future Pixel homeowners with a sequence of questions to determine what's occurring, quite than letting customers ignore one. a video in Android Authority The article reveals the animation that Google will show to assist customers align the telephone with the satellite tv for pc.

In keeping with Wojciechowski, these are a few of the questions the function will ask:

T-Cell introduced a yr in the past that it was teaming up with SpaceX for satellite tv for pc messaging service, however didn't specify a value — and as of January, it was nonetheless in testing. Final yr, a developer noticed some Google message codes that recommended the function was coming with Garmin because the supplier. Garmin gives such a service for its InReach 2-way messaging units utilizing the Iridium satellite tv for pc community, which Iridium says can attain “wherever on Earth.”

Nonetheless, whether or not it's provided by T-Cell or Garmin, the function received't essentially be free – for instance, Garmin prices $15 per 30 days to get began. Then once more, Apple subsidizes its service now, so maybe Google will too.