• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    4 months ago

    Android can do satellite messaging? Android phone makers are shipping on device LLMs?

    I’m not an Apple fanboy nor do I use an iPhone currently but this headline is ridiculous.

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        4 months ago

        Android 15 beta… so it’ll be available on phones, out of the box, without anyone having to build/install a custom, on phones actual normal humans buy in about 2030 then.

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        4 months ago

        Satellite messaging is already available in Android 15 beta

        Perhaps in software, but I don’t think there is a current phone that has the hardware to take advantage. For now, this is essentially an Apple only feature. It’s a pretty good bet we are going to see some flagships released with it in the next year though.

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            4 months ago

            And? How many android devices can you name that actually support satellite messaging today? When the feature DOES come on the android side, I imagine it is going to probably be flagship devices as well. Seems to be a silly thing to call Apple out for.

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              4 months ago

              Its been on every Pixel since the 7 I believe, I realize that’s only a couple iterations but its out there.

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          4 months ago

          I know that Pixel 7’s and above support it. There are Reddit posts showing they have the feature already. Satellite messaging is just using standard 4G/LTE from Starlink. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is only an OS update away for most newer phones.