Starlink-powered ‘T-Satellite’ service is now live on T-Mobile

T-Mobile’s outer work is present disposable to radical crossed the US — and not conscionable T-Mobile customers. On Wednesday, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced that the Starlink-powered work is officially out of beta, though it lone supports substance messaging and location-sharing for now.

The caller outer sum enactment is called “T-Satellite,” and it’s presently disposable arsenic a standalone subscription. It’s being offered astatine $10 per period for a “limited time,” earlier expanding to $15 per month. It besides comes included for customers connected the carrier’s $100 per period Experience Beyond oregon older Go5G plans.

Your instrumentality volition automatically link to T-Satellite if you’re successful an country with nary cellular coverage. As agelong arsenic determination isn’t a dense magnitude of unreality sum oregon trees blocking your presumption of the sky, you should beryllium capable to nonstop and person substance messages, including to 911, arsenic good arsenic stock a nexus that temporarily tracks your location. T-Mobile’s support page says the quality to nonstop pictures is disposable connected “most” Android phones, and the institution plans connected adding enactment for much devices soon.

T-Mobile is besides aiming to alteration dependable messages and volition yet let devices to link to “satellite-optimized” apps, which it previously said could include AllTrails, Accuweather, and WhatsApp. The much than 650 Starlink satellites utilized by T-Mobile screen the continental US, Hawaii, parts of confederate Alaska, and Puerto Rico. The bearer says it’s moving connected offering outer connectivity portion overseas and successful planetary waters arsenic well.

Apple presently offers the quality to nonstop texts and exigency messages from the iPhone 14 and aboriginal for free, but it plans to yet complaint for it (there inactive aren’t immoderate details connected price). Google besides added a outer SOS feature to the Pixel 9 that’s escaped to usage for 2 years aft activation. While signing up for outer work done T-Mobile whitethorn look redundant, the bearer offers enactment for much phones, and besides plans connected adding caller capabilities similar representation and dependable messaging.

In bid to usage T-Satellite, you’ll request to person an unlocked instrumentality with enactment for eSIMs and outer connectivity. Right now, much than 60 antithetic phones tin usage T-Satellite, including the iPhone 13 and up, Google Pixel 9, and the Samsung Galaxy 21 and newer. You tin presumption the afloat database of eligible devices on T-Mobile’s website.

Verizon launched its escaped outer messaging service with Skylo earlier this year, but dissimilar with T-Satellite, the work is lone disposable to Verizon customers who person newer devices similar the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9. AT&T is besides partnering with AST SpaceMobile to launch outer texting and voice capabilities.