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Mobile satellite connectivity enables a smartphones to establish a connection with a satellite network, providing communication in areas without cellular coverage similarly to what Space X is doing with StarLink but this time without the Kit as the middleman. With the introduction of the iPhone 14 series in 2022, Apple brought satellite communication to smartphones, allowing users to connect with emergency services via SOS messages even in areas without cellular coverage. Other smartphone brands, including Google and Samsung, followed, but the technology remained a niche feature available only in select regions and on a limited number of smartphone models but fast forward to 2025 it’s a changed game with it now calls and texts made available not just emergency SOS and more breakthroughs expected later this year. So how does this technology actually works.

t’s been years since Apple has been releasing the budget friendly iPhone SE alongside it’s usual lineup of products but well the SE lineup has been changed with new iPhone 16e with the device coming with a lot of changes with the ditching of the iconic home button Chief among them. The Revamped entry-level iPhone is last to exchange touch ID home button for face ID, modern design – and a price hike Apple has put the final nail in the coffin of the home button after 18 years with the release of the new iPhone 16e. The lowest-cost new iPhone replaces the 2022 iPhone SE, which was the last Apple product standing with the touch ID button, finishing off its drawn-out demise, which started with the iPhone X back in 2017.

The first iOS 18.4 beta for iPhones should be just around the corner, and the update is expected to include many new features and changes. iOS 18Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects the iOS 18.4 beta to be released by next week. Below, we outline what to expect from iOS 18.4 so far. iOS 18 Siri Personal ContextSiri is expected to get several enhancements powered by Apple Intelligence on iOS 18.4. These upgrades will include on-screen awareness, deeper per-app controls, understanding of the user's personal context, and more. It’s important to note that Apple Intelligence requires an iPhone 15 Pro model or any iPhone 16 model.