You Can Use T-mobile's Starlink Service To Send Images, Audio, And Video Now - Here's How

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• T-Satellite now supports MMS connected prime Android devices.
• Send images, sound notes, and short videos via satellite.
• Satellite information support for optimized apps is coming October 2025.

T-Mobile's outer service, T-Satellite, has softly upgraded into a more tin off-grid connection tool. Originally meant to grip basal SMS, nan work now supports afloat MMS messaging connected prime Android devices.

Send images, sound notes, and video

Your telephone should automatically move to nan outer nexus erstwhile it loses compartment service. You'll spot nan T-Mobile and SpaceX logo, which bespeak a coagulated connection, and from location you tin commencement texting, sending images, and signaling sound notes.

Our Ziff Davis sister tract PCMag put MMS complete T-Satellite to nan trial and reported that you request a clear position of nan entity and shouldn't expect tower-like speeds. Still, you tin nonstop images, audio, and moreover short video files successful a mates of minutes.

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The caller capacity apparently useful connected compatible Samsung and Motorola handsets to commencement -- conscionable unfastened your default Messages app connected a supported phone, take connect image aliases connect file, and past nonstop your JPG, GIF, sound clip, aliases video. Longer videos tin return upward of 20 minutes to transmit, but nan artillery effect connected your instrumentality appears modest.

Satellite information for apps is coming

Beyond MMS, T-Mobile has teased a broader "satellite data" characteristic for optimized apps. Coming successful October 2025, third-party apps specified arsenic WhatsApp, AccuWeather, and X will reportedly beryllium capable to nonstop information complete Starlink.

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"We are besides rolling retired image and sound messaging to prime devices and will proceed adding much successful nan coming months," T-Mobile's website reads. "Next up, we'll present outer information for optimized apps, and will proceed to adhd much features."

How to effort T-Satellite

The expertise to transmit real-time accusation via images, audio, and app information is simply a compelling logic to effort T-Satellite if you haven't already. The work is now mostly disposable crossed nan US, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and parts of confederate Alaska.

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If you're connected T-Mobile's top-tier Experience Beyond aliases Go5G Next plan, T-Satellite comes astatine nary other cost. Everyone else, including AT&T and Verizon subscribers who want to motion up, can adhd it for $10 a period correct here.

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