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Tom Pritchard

Forget satellite communication — 7 features Android needs to steal from the iPhone

The Android 15 logo from the Android developer website, displayed on a Pixel 8 Pro.

Android 15 is coming, and it’s already confirmed that Google will be copying one major feature from the iPhone — emergency satellite communication. Apple first added it to the iPhone 14, and has already proven itself to help save peoples’ lives when cell service isn’t available. Hopefully it means Android users that need help will be able to get it no matter where they happen to be.

Both platforms have helped themselves to each other’s features over the years, making themselves better in the process. Emergency satellite communication is far from the only feature Android has copied from iPhone, but it’s definitely not going to be the last. And we have a few ideas about which iPhone features should be next on Google’s list of possible Android upgrades.

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