How to use Android's emergency satellite texting if you lose cell signal     DATE: 2025-01-14 21:11:27

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Satellite texting is still a fairly new feature to Android, but it can be life-saving in certain situations. 

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Satellite messaging, which lets you communicate via text when you don't have a cell signal or Wi-Fi, is limited to 911 texts on Android right now and it's limited to Pixel phones, but there is an exception for Florida residents in the path of Hurricane Milton. 

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