[New post] Qualcomm partners with Iridium to bring satellite messaging to Android phones

Techie.Buzz posted: " For the past several CESes, Qualcomm's big announcements have largely revolved around automotive news. There will likely still be a fair bit of that this week, as well, but the company just announced an upcoming mobile feature in this down time betwe" Techie.Buzz Qualcomm partners with Iridium to bring satellite messaging to Android phones Techie.Buzz Jan 6 For the past several CESes, Qualcomm's big announcements have largely revolved around automotive news. There will likely still be a fair bit of that this week, as well, but the company just announced an upcoming mobile feature in this down time between the Snapdragon Summit and MWC. The Southern California chipmaker is partnering with Iridium to bring satellite messaging to select Android devices, starting with those running its new flagship SoC, Snapdragon 8 Gen The technology utilizes the 5G Modem-RF Systems on the Qualcomm hardware, coupled with Iridium's satellite constellation to deliver emergency messaging, following in the recent footsteps of Apple and T-Mobile. Link: Qualcomm partners with Iridium to bring satellite messaging to Android phones via techcrunch.com Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Techie.Buzz. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://techiedotbuzz.wordpress.com/2023/01/06/qualcomm-partners-with-iridium-to-bring-satellite-messaging-to-android-phones/ Powered by WordPress.com