Last Update: February 27, 2023, 14:19 IST
Satellite-based communication can send and receive data in remote or rural areas
Qualcomm Inc said on Monday it was working with a slew of Android smartphone companies to add satellite-based messaging capabilities to their devices.
Qualcomm Inc said on Monday it was working with a slew of Android smartphone companies to add satellite-based messaging capabilities to their devices.
The San Diego, California-based company, which is the world’s biggest supplier of chips that connect mobile phones to wireless data networks, said it has partnered with Honor, Lenovo-owned Motorola, Nothing, Oppo, Vivo to develop the device. And working with Xiaomi Corp. ,
Satellite-based communications can send and receive data in remote or rural areas where other telecommunication networks are not available. Qualcomm announced it was adding the capabilities to its chips earlier this year.
Qualcomm’s work with Android device makers is likely to intensify competition between those brands and Apple Inc., which last year revealed the ability to send emergency satellite messages as one of the key features of its latest iPhone lineup. Those new iPhones contain a chip from Qualcomm, although Apple told Reuters they also contain custom hardware and software that is proprietary to Apple.
Qualcomm did not say when the new satellite messaging features would be available to designated Android smartphone brands on Monday. Earlier this year, Qualcomm said that some Android phones would have the feature by the second half of this year.
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