Google could possibly be including a characteristic similar to Apple’s Emergency SOS characteristic to the Pixel 9 and the subsequent Pixel Fold. That’s in line with leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, who writes for Android Authority that the corporate would accomplice with T-Cellular to supply the characteristic however might add different suppliers later.
Similar to Apple’s system, Google’s SOS characteristic would reportedly current future Pixel house owners with a sequence of questions to establish what’s taking place, moderately than let customers thumb one out. A video within the Android Authority article options the animation Google will show to customers to assist them get the cellphone aligned with a satellite tv for pc.
In line with Wojciechowska, these are a few of the questions the characteristic will ask:
T-Cellular introduced it was teaming up with SpaceX for a satellite tv for pc messaging service properly over a 12 months in the past however didn’t specify pricing — and as of January, it was nonetheless in testing. Final 12 months, a developer noticed some Google Messages code that prompt the characteristic was on its method with Garmin because the supplier. Garmin provides such a service for its InReach 2-way messaging gadgets utilizing the Iridium satellite tv for pc community, which Iridium says can attain “wherever on earth.”
Nonetheless, whether or not it’s supplied by T-Cellular or Garmin, the characteristic wouldn’t essentially be free — for example, Garmin’s prices $15 per thirty days to begin. Then once more, Apple subsidizes its service for now, so possibly Google will, too.