256 Newsroom — Uganda's Digital News Infrastructure
Consumer Technology

Google Quietly Adds Extra Free Year of Satellite SOS Access on Pixel 9 Phones - PCMag

Published by PCMag.com By Michael Kan · 21 October 2026 at 04:44
Share
Google Quietly Adds Extra Free Year of Satellite SOS Access on Pixel 9 Phones - PCMag
Image · PCMag.com

What the report says

The satellite-based 'SOS' feature on the Pixel 9 was only supposed to be free for the first two years. But like Apple, the company has decided to extend access.

Read the full report at PCMag.com →

Loading debate for this article…

Other publishers covering this story

No additional verified coverage is currently clustered with this report.

More stories by this journalist

Other publications from this journalist — open any story without leaving the article page.

No other published stories from this publisher yet.

Related reporting

256 Heart focuses on verified, private relationship discovery for adults in Uganda and the diaspora256 Heart 256 Newsroom 256LinkShield helps users check suspicious links before they click256LinkShield 256 Heart Safety Center: how members can verify, message, report and meet more safely256 Heart 256 Newsroom 256 Express puts travel, delivery, cargo, hotels and food discovery in one Ugandan service hub256 Express 256 Newsroom 256 AI gives Ugandan users one account for assistant work, creation tools and practical AI tasks256 AI Beyond TikTok: Bulya Nambi Gertrude, Known as Leedear 9, and the Many Dimensions of a Digital Public IdentityWatchdog Uganda