Here’s how satellite SOS works on the Galaxy S25 series
Samsung was pretty mum on the Galaxy S25 line's satellite functionality, but here's what to expect.
- A new report has revealed how the Samsung Galaxy S25’s satellite connectivity works.
- Galaxy S25 owners are able to connect with emergency services, share their location, and send/receive texts with the response team.
- It also turns out that there’s only one small difference between Samsung and Google’s emergency SOS interfaces.
Verizon teamed up with wholesale provider Skylo to offer satellite connectivity features on the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and Google Pixel 9 range. Now, Skylo has outlined how the feature works on Samsung’s new phones and revealed the difference between satellite functionality on the Galaxy and Pixel phones.
Pete Saladino, global head of marketing for Skylo, told Mobile World Live that both the Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9 phones will look for satellite connectivity via the firm’s software layer when they lose terrestrial reception. Skylo’s ground-based stations connect to satellites from several providers, and this enables Google and Samsung’s new flagships to automatically connect to the provider with the best signal in Canada and the US.
