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- The Galaxy S25 series supports satellite connectivity, but Samsung has been eerily silent about the feature.
- This could be because the feature is absent despite the presence of hardware, as Samsung has seemingly left it to the carrier to figure out satellite SOS service.
- Verizon has reached an agreement with Skylo to provide satellite SOS service on its network for the Galaxy S25 series.
Among the notable upgrades the Galaxy S25 series offers is hardware support for satellite connectivity through Snapdragon Satellite. Even though the hardware is finally available, Samsung has been mum on availability details for satellite connectivity, indicating that the feature itself is dormant. However, Verizon customers eyeing the Galaxy S25 series have an advantage, as satellite connectivity is present and active on the Verizon-based Galaxy S25 series.
Samsung didn’t discuss the Galaxy S25’s Direct-to-Device (D2D) messaging functionality through satellites during the Galaxy Unpacked event. It was Qualcomm that revealed that the phones in the Galaxy S25 series are the first commercially released devices to support Snapdragon Satellite.