Musk hints at partnership with Apple on iPhone 14 satellite tv for pc connectivity

Elon Musk confirmed that his non-public area firm SpaceX met with Apple to debate utilizing its non-public satellite tv for pc community, Starlink, for the brand new satellite tv for pc connectivity characteristic on the iPhone 14, teasing a future partnership between the 2 firms.

Musk tweeted on Thursday that he had spoken with Apple about connecting the lately introduced iPhone 14 with Starlink. The iPhone 14 made information when Apple introduced on Wednesday that it might hook up with satellites in emergency eventualities through newly carried out tech, opening the door to future satellite tv for pc connections on cellular gadgets.

"We have had some promising conversations with Apple about Starlink connectivity. iPhone workforce is obv tremendous sensible," Musk tweeted. "For positive, closing hyperlink from area to cellphone will work finest if cellphone software program & hardware adapt to space-based alerts vs Starlink purely emulating cell tower."

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Apple shouldn't be the primary to announce cellular connections to satellites. SpaceX and T-Cell introduced on Aug. 25 that the 2 firms had been partnering to broaden their mobile community through satellite tv for pc to offer textual content messaging in areas with restricted reception. The options shall be out there in 2023.

The Chinese language mobile firm Huawei introduced on Tuesday that the Mate 50 gadgets would be capable to ship texts through satellite tv for pc. Huawei gadgets are usually not out there in the US.

Apple introduced the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional, and each gadgets obtained important hardware upgrades, together with the flexibility to speak with emergency providers through textual content in areas with no satellite tv for pc connections. The service is supplied via a partnership with the satellite tv for pc telecoms firm Globalstar, in response to CNET.