Qualcomm's satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren't interested

Back in January, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Satellite , a project that aimed to let Android users send texts via satellite when they don't have cell service. It would have been the company's answer to Apple's emergency SOS feature that debuted in the iPhone 14 lineup . However, the initiative hasn't worked out as Qualcomm hoped. Qualcomm is ending its Snapdragon Satellite partnership with satellite phone maker Iridium. Although the pair "successfully developed and demonstrated the technology"...