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The original was posted on /r/Ultralight by /u/Rockboxatx on 2024-08-23 14:08:13+00:00.

I been using the IOS beta on my iphone 14 pro max and tested the satellite messaging when we lost one of our friends in Indian Peaks. The messaging worked really well and was pretty reliable. Here are a few ways its better than inreach from a usability standpoint.

• Native imessage support so the UI is much better
• It tells you where to point your phone in the sky
• Because you know where to point, connection is much faster and more reliable.
• currently free without subscription.

Disadvantages.

• Phone can not be in airplane mode so it sucks up battery
• Does not support group text. We found this out the hard way and the app doesn’t warn you that your messages don’t get sent or received. We only found out when we accidentally got cell service on top of a pass.

This service will pretty much makes the inreach obsolete. I was thinking of switching back to Android, but this feature may make it impossible.