Despite all the great news that arrive every month in the form of phones or updates to operating systemscoverage is still a problem. Satellite phones exist, but most of us find it slightly inconvenient to carry a telephone with an antenna in your pocket, so we have to make do with the telecommunications network. Even today, at the least you venture into a “remote” place you run the risk of running out of coverage, which is a very high risk and a big problem in case you have an accident. Android 14 wants to change that.

The great defender of satellite communication always it was Elon Muskbut Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, and Google Photos, is on the same team. The person in charge has announced in a tweet that the next version of Android will have this connection nativelyAnd although he hasn’t mentioned it directly, Musk’s Starlink network sure has a lot to do with this new Android step. It is those “partners” that Lockheimer speaks of:

Wild to think about user experiences for phones that can connect to satellites. When we launched G1 in ’08 it was a stretch to get 3G + Wifi working. Now we’re designing for satellites. Cool! Excited to support our partners in enabling all of this in the next version of Android!

It’s crazy to think about the experiences of users of phones that can connect to satellites. When we launched G1 in 2008, it was difficult to get 3G + Wifi to work. And now we are designing connectivity for satellites. It’s great! I’m excited to help our partners enable all of this in the next version of Android!

As we have already mentioned, the possibility of connecting via satellite currently exists, but still has many limitations, the external antenna being the most obvious. For the first time Google has decided implement this technology nativelyAnd with the help of Elon Musk’s space networking conglomerate, it’s very likely that we can connect to the internet via satellite very soon. And of course, our phones with Android 14 they can do it natively.

The first beta of Android 14 will arrive in the second quarter of 2023

It’s been a long time since big companies like Google or Starlink have this goal on the horizon, since it would define a new way of communicating. I don’t know about you, but when I go to visit some family members in rural areas I keep finding myself without coverage in a lot of places. The main causes of this are changes in terrain between you and the next repeater, but with the satellite connection those problems will be gone forever. The first beta of Android 14 already has a release datebut we still don’t know which version will finally be released to integrate this new type of connection.

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