- T-Mobile’s T-Satellite service is now available for multiple apps
- It allows you to use some larger apps when you are connected to a satellite
- T-MOBILE has also shut up its exclusive Google One Storage offerings
T-Mobile has been offering Starlink connection to its customers for a few months now, and the T-Satellite service gives you a way to contact people and connect to the Internet when mobile data is not available. It has just been updated to add satellite connection to a pack of popular apps, making them more usable when you are away from the grid and away from cell towers.
Posting on his blog announced T-Mobile that more apps will feel the benefits. It includes AllTrails, Accuweather, Caltopo, Google Maps, Onx, T-Life, WhatsApp and X. It is expanding the number of apps that can utilize satellite service, and these settings join several device-native apps-AS-Apple Music, Google Messages, Pixel Weather and More-there was already compatible.
And improvements have not just come on the software side, as T-Mobile has added 17 more phones that now work with T-Satellite. It includes Apple’s iPhone Air and the third generation of iPhone SE, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy S25 Ultra and more. There is a complete list on T-Mobile’s support page, but you can scroll down to the end of this story for the full list of new models.
Note that when you are connected to a satellite, you are unlikely to have the full fat experience that you are used to with these apps. In most cases, your connection is likely to be slower than when you are on mobile data or Wi-Fi, and some features may not be available.
T-Satellite is included in T-Mobile’s experience beyond and Go5g next plans. If you are on another plan or are the customer of a rival cell provider, you can still sign up for $ 10 a month. You also need a smartphone that is capable of connecting to satellites that include iPhone 13 or newer, Samsung Galaxy S21 or newer, and Google Pixel 9A or later (Pixel 9 support is coming soon, “says T-Mobile).
Something achieved, something lost
However, not all good news for T-Mobile customers is. At the same time as it expanded its T-Satellite offering, T-Mobile and Google have calmly dug an exclusive Google One membership level that included unlimited full resolution image storage in Google photos.
This agreement allowed T-Mobile customers to access a special Google photos perks when subscribing to a Google One membership through their cell provider. Usually paying $ 9.99 a month would get you 2TB total storage on Google’s servers.
However, if you signed up through T-Mobile, this would be supplemented with unlimited Google photos storage-in full resolution, no less. There were also lower levels that came with additional storage compared to the regular Google One offer.
Unfortunately, these offers are no longer available to new customers per year. September 30. However, if you are a current user of this service, you can continue to use it, which does not give you canceled it.
If you are looking for a new place to save your photos, you still have other options, from the best Google Photos alternatives to the best sky storage for photos. Make a good choice and your pictures will be safe and healthy, even without T-Mobile’s Google One Storage Tier.
And if you are interesting in trying the Starlink connection from T-Mobile, here is the full list of the new phones that are supported:
- iPhone Air
- iPhone SE (third generation)
- Moto G 5G 2025
- Moto G Power 5G 2025
- Samsung Galaxy A36 see
- Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
- Samsung Galaxy S24
- Samsung Galaxy S24+
- Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
- Samsung Galaxy S25
- Samsung Galaxy S25+
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
- Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6
