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- A Samsung executive appears to have confirmed that Samsung Galaxy S24 satellite communication will be possible.
- If true, this would bring Samsung’s Galaxy series to parity with the iPhone when it comes to non-terrestrial communication.
- It is unclear if all models in the Galaxy S24 series will support this feature.
In 2022, Apple rolled Emergency SOS to the iPhone. This feature allows certain iPhones with the necessary hardware to connect to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). In other words, iPhones can communicate with satellite networks for emergency needs. This would be especially useful if a hiker were injured in a remote location where traditional communication wouldn’t be feasible.
So far, no Samsung phones have a similar feature. That could change in 2024, though, as a Samsung executive just strongly hinted that a comparable feature could come to the Samsung Galaxy S24 series (via Sisa Journal-E, through a machine translation).