Apple in Space: Exploring the iPhone’s Satellite Connectivity

Apple introduced the ability to send and receive text messages via satellite last year, but now it wants to expand these features with 5G support and more.

What do you do when your smartphone already feels like a Swiss Army knife of technology? If you’re Apple, you don’t look down — you look up. Way up.

After turning the iPhone into a literal lifeline with satellite-powered SOS in 2022 and expanding that reach in 2024, Apple is once again setting its sights beyond Earth’s atmosphere. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company’s next big leap for the iPhone is written in the stars — quite literally — with even more satellite-driven features on the horizon.

Sending out an emergency SOS

Apple’s first step toward the skies wasn’t just about innovation. It was about survival.

The company began its journey ...