⚡ Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 242nd edition here with a hands-on Pixel Fold video, a peek at Pixel 7a colorways, a first look at the Galaxy Z Fold 5, The Witcher Season 3 trailer, PS Plus Essential games for May (hope you like racing), and much more…
🎭 I saw Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the theater last weekend and was blown away. If you get a chance to see it on tour, I highly recommend it. This weekend’s bringing less high-brow activities for me as it’s time to see Scream VI and 65.
Making history
This first satellite call was made, as we already mentioned, from a Galaxy S22 Ultra in Texas to a Bluewalker 3 satellite, before coming back down to another smartphone in Japan.
- With AT&T as the middleman, the phones didn’t need to be modified in any way for the call to work.
- This test proved that connecting anyone, anywhere in the world — even in areas without cellular tower infrastructure — is possible, even without changes to current smartphones.
- It’s great news for developing nations or anyone living in a rural area, and could change cellular connectivity for remote locations in the future.
