Elon Musk Says SpaceX, Apple Had Talks Over Satellite tv for pc Connectivity Characteristic

iPhone sequence 14 was unveiled on the Apple’s ‘Far Out’ occasion on Wednesday. A day after the launch, SpaceX head Elon Musk revealed his firm’s plans and “promising talks” with Apple for utilizing Starlink connectivity for the brand new satellite tv for pc function launched within the latest iPhone lineup. Whereas there is no such thing as a affirmation from the Cupertino-based tech large on Musk’s statements, the billionaire known as Apple’s iPhone group “tremendous good.” If the 2 firms go forward with the plan, this would be the first collaboration between Musk’s firms and Apple.

Apple, throughout the ‘Far Out’ occasion on September 7, introduced Emergency SOS by way of Satellite tv for pc. The function, which is about to launch in November, will let iPhone 14 sequence customers avail emergency companies with satellite tv for pc networks in areas the place normal mobile reception doesn’t perform correctly. For now, Apple has partnered with Globalstar to energy the satellite tv for pc infrastructure.

A day after the launch, Elon Musk introduced on September 8 by way of Twitter that his firm SpaceX “had some promising conversations with Apple about Starlink connectivity.” Musk gave the assertion whereas replying to a tweet.

It isn’t clear if the talks are nonetheless happening. Neither Apple nor SpaceX has given any feedback on Musk’s statements but.

In the meantime, Musk’s SpaceX just lately collaborated with the US wi-fi provider T-Cell to announce satellite tv for pc connectivity. This may enable customers on the T-Cell’s community to faucet into SpaceX satellites and ship textual content messages in areas with out mobile connectivity.