Developer Neïl Rahmouni recently shared a screenshot showing that in the SMS (Google Messages) application on the Android 14 system, emergency SOS text messages and location information can be sent.
Google’s upcoming Android 14 system will natively support satellite communication functions.
This Android 14 feature is not limited to Pixel phones, as long as phones with hardware capabilities can achieve satellite communication, but it may be limited to Google’s own Pixel series and Samsung’s Galaxy series in the early days.
Another developer, Mishaal Rahman, said that Android 14 introduced a number of satellite communication APIs, but the relevant code is currently hidden, so third-party applications cannot call it.
By digging through the code, Rahman said that this satellite communication service supports sending SOS emergency help text messages, sharing location information, and found a “demo mode” in the code.
