Verizon is giving these Android phones satellite texting for free - Google and Samsung models included

mahiruysal/Getty Images After introducing satellite texting last fall, Verizon is expanding the service again. In an announcement today, Verizon says its customers will be the first in the US to send text messages to any other Verizon customer's device using satellite texting -- starting with the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 series smartphones. Also: AT&T just made a video call from space - and the implications are astronomical Satellite texting is all the rage now, with virtually every carrier scrambling to support it. Unlike other providers that rolled out satellite texting through beta or test programs, Verizon is introducing it all at once. Upgrades enabling this service will begin today and continue over the next two weeks. The service will be powered by Skylo, the same company that handles satellite texting for Pixel phones. Satellite texting lets you send a message when you're out of reach of traditional cell towers. It's a convenient and potentially life-saving fe ... Read full article.