Texting via satellite comes to customers with recent Pixel and Galaxy phones starting today.

The Skylo satellite-to-phone service previously reserved for emergency messaging on Pixel 9-series and Galaxy S25-series phones now covers everyday messaging. Verizon subscribers with those phones ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. While these Android phones have been able to connect to emergency services via satellite, they can now use ...

Verizon has enabled non-emergency texting for customers with the Pixel 9 series and Galaxy S25 series devices.

Verizon announced this week that its direct-to-device satellite messaging service is now available across some Android smartphones. The carrier noted that its service allows customers to send text ...

That's why today's announcement is a bit of a surprise. Verizon has just announced its satellite messaging service has gone live in the US. It's non-emergency, which means if you find yourself out ...

The carrier has launched its non-emergency satellite messaging service, which lets users send and receive text messages when they’re outside cellular range. Verizon says that its satellite ...

Satellite texting was previously limited to emergency situations and location sharing. Now it's expanding to select Google and Samsung models at no cost.

Verizon today is announcing that all customers on a current myPlan service plan will received guaranteed free satellite text messaging on qualifying devices. The company is also introducing a new ...

Verizon’s previously announced satellite messaging service is now available to owners of some Android smartphones, the company said in a statement today. It comes at no extra charge to Verizon ...

If you have the right Android phone but are in the wrong place for it to pick up a Verizon signal and send a text message to a friend ... get expanded texting via satellite, to judge from the ...