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Satellite SOS is showing up on Pixel phones - how it can help you in an emergency

When a crisis arises, you'll be glad to have this feature that makes it possible to send messages when no carrier signal can be found.

Thanks to a new feature that has started rolling out to Pixel devices, such a situation could be handled without taking desperate measures. The feature is called Satellite SOS and has probably already arrived in your Pixel device but as an entry that doesn't do anything yet. This new feature could be a reaction to Qualcomm shutting down the Snapdragon Satellite (that never launched) which would have provided a similar service.

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