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T-Mobile just made Starlink Upgrade free for iPhone & Android.

T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered direct-to-cell satellite messaging service is now open for anyone in the US to try for free. The service will be limited to text messaging at first but the company hopes to have some apps and even limited multimedia support ready by the time it goes live this summer.

https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service

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Mike Katz, T-Mobile’s president of marketing, strategy and products told The Washington Post that messages with photos or video clips will be added by the end of the beta period in July. Katz also expects the satellite service to work with apps that “don’t require super-fast data connections,” such as certain trail/mapping services and WhatsApp. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/09/tmobile-starlink-satellite-texting/> “We’ll be working with a bunch of app manufacturers to create features in their apps that can optimize to the available bandwidth of the satellite network,” Katz said. Registrations for the free beta opened in December, after T-Mobile and Starlink tested direct-to-cell emergency alerts and texts in disaster zones last year. T-Mobile says it’s accepting users who register on a “rolling first-come, first-served basis,” but quietly discloses that there are “limited spots available” in the fine print. <https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service#:~:text=rolling%20first%2Dcome%2C%20first%2Dserved%20basis> The Starlink-enabled service works on “most smartphones from the last four years” according to T-Mobile, which lists currently compatible devices from Apple, Google, Motorola, Samsung and REVVL on its website.
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