The world of new technologies is progressing at lightning speed: Google has just confirmed that the future version of its mobile operating system will support satellite connections!
Remember, at the beginning of the month the Mountain View company already announced the release date of the first beta of Android 14. Only a few days later, now it reveals to us what will be one of the first novelties of its next OS.
Android 14: ” A little closer to the stars » …
We barely had time to digest the arrival of Android 13 that the future version of Google’s operating system is already starting to get talked about. This time, it is Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of platforms and ecosystems at the American firm, who sends us the information.
For Anglophobes, here is the translation of Hiroshi Lockheimer’s tweet:
“It’s crazy to think about user experiences for phones that can connect to satellites. When we launched the G1 in 2008, it was difficult to get 3G and Wifi to work. Now we design for satellites. Cool ! We look forward to helping our partners bring it all into the next version of Android! »
The message could not be clearer: Android 14 will indeed welcome the possibility of connecting to satellites via your smartphone, starting in 2023. Concretely, this should make it possible to benefit from speed and connectivity considerably increased. In this way, it will be possible to call and send messages (including from certain instant messaging applications) regardless of where you are in the world.
If progress still remains to be made in terms of the network, it is clear that a lot of ground has been covered in the space of fifteen years…
Source : SamMobile
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