iOS 26 lets you access messages via satellite, allowing compatible iPhones to send texts without cellular or Wi-Fi. Learn how to use this feature anywhere.

Apple is planning a major expansion to make iPhone satellite features mainstream. New capabilities include satellite-powered Apple Maps, sending photos in Messages, and an API for third-party apps.

What happens if the network that you depend on goes dark? Well, for a number of Verizon customers in the US, that was a ...

A new report from Bloomberg suggests that Apple has ambitious plans to add new satellite-based features to the iPhone. The overarching goal is to enable iPhone users to retain a certain degree of ...

Apple reportedly plans to expand the iPhone‘s satellite connectivity capabilities beyond emergency calling and texting. It is working on a framework to enable third-party apps to use satellite ...

Apple introduced satellite connectivity on the iPhone 14 series back in November 2022. Initially, it was a free service for two years. But Apple made a surprise announcement this week that all iPhone ...

At this point, satellite communication using your phone is pretty commonplace feature -- not necessarily widespread, but definitely an option on millions of iPhone and Android phones. But until ...

Elon Musk continues to try to stymie Apple's satellite ambitions three years after Tim Cook turned down an offer to use Starlink on the iPhone. After starting work on the project in 2019, in 2022, ...