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Google’s Pixel 9 phones are the first to get Satellite SOS for Android

An image of Google’s Satellite SOS feature.
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Google is following Apple in launching a way to use your phone to communicate via a satellite in an emergency. During its big Pixel 9 reveal event on Tuesday, the company shared details of Satellite SOS, which will let you contact emergency responders and share your location when you don’t have cellular service.

The new Pixel 9 lineup will be the first Android phones to be able to use Satellite SOS, Google’s Brian Rakowski said onstage. The feature launches first in the US “regardless of your carrier plan,” Rakowski said. According to fine print shown during Google’s livestream, the service will be included “at no additional charge for the first two years after activation of devices.” A blog post by Rakowski qualifies that further,…

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