Messages and Find My via Satellite Expand to Mexico

Apple today expanded the Messages via Satellite and Find My via Satellite features to Mexico, allowing iPhone users successful Mexico to instrumentality vantage of Globalstar satellites for connection erstwhile cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity options are unavailable.


To usage outer connectivity successful Messages and ‌Find My‌ successful Mexico, an ‌iPhone‌ 14 oregon aboriginal with outer capabilities is required, arsenic is iOS 18.4 oregon later. The idiosyncratic connected the receiving extremity of an iMessage sent utilizing a outer transportation needs iOS 18 oregon later, portion SMS messages necessitate iOS 17.6 oregon aboriginal oregon a non-Apple device.

With Messages via Satellite, iMessages and SMS messages tin beryllium sent utilizing a outer connection, portion determination accusation tin besides beryllium updated successful the ‌Find My‌ app utilizing outer connectivity. Mexico antecedently had Emergency SOS via Satellite, truthful the caller capabilities are an enlargement of what was already successful place.

As with Emergency SOS via Satellite, utilizing Messages and ‌Find My‌ without Wi-Fi oregon cellular volition necessitate users to clasp their iPhones up to the entity to found a connection. Open spaces with nary trees oregon buildings marque it easier to connect, and velocity up connection sending and receiving. Emoji and Tapback responses are supported, but images, videos, audio messages, stickers, and radical messages bash not enactment implicit satellite.

The enactment to usage outer connectivity for Messages volition show automatically erstwhile Wi-Fi and cellular connections are not available, and users volition beryllium capable to pat to link by pursuing Apple's instructions.

Messages via Satellite is present disposable successful the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The functionality continues to beryllium escaped for each ‌iPhone‌ users with a compatible device.
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