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iPhone iOS 18.5 Update Features: Starlink satellite connectivity comes to older devices and more
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May 21, 2025
What are the the new features in iOS 18.5? This update is not a big one in the sense of grand features, but it does have some significant ones. One of them is support for carrier-provided satellite connectivity for older iPhones, specifically iPhone 13 series - iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. #ios18features #ios185 #ios185features
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hello this is Mr Mobility The big news
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about Apple's iOS 18.5
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update is that it has added carrier
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provided satellite
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connectivity to a number of older iPhone
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models Which ones the iPhone 13 series
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We're talking about the iPhone 13 13
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mini 13 Pro 13 Pro Max These four
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devices all now support carrier provided
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satellite connectivity What does this
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mean it means that T-Mobile's Starlink
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service that was launched in beta in
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January 2025 is also now usable by
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owners of iPhone 13 as long as their
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devices are updated to iOS
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18.5 Take note this is not about support
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for Apple's
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builtin SOS emergency text messaging
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system That's a different ballgame
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entirely This is about carrier provided
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satellite connectivity services And it
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means that when other carriers like
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Verizon
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AT&T and whoever else partner with a
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satellite company to provide a similar
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service iPhone 13 series users will also
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be able to connect to those services
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What does the service entail it means
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that anytime you are outside of your
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carrier's coverage area your phone can
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stay connected using Starlink's
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satellite connectivity or whichever
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other service provider your carrier is
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working with And for now Starlink is
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providing only text messaging When you
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are outside of T-Mobile's covering area
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you will be able to send and receive
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text messages via Starlink satellite
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network wherever you have a clear line
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of sight with the sky T-Mobile and
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Starlink have said that they are working
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on widening the scope of this service to
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include data and to include voice calls
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So keep your fingers crossed on that The
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service will move from beta into full
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commercial status in June or July I
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believe And then I have a video uh
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detailing all of that and the prices to
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expect You can check the link included
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up there The next feature that iOS 18.5
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brings to the table is the buy with
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iPhone feature What does it do it allows
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you to buy content right inside the
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Apple TV app It's a very convenient
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service that those who use Apple TV will
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appreciate The next prominent feature
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that iOS 18.5 brings to the table is
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enhanced privacy controls What does it
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mean it means that you now have smarter
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app permissions in your device as well
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as new data transparency tools and
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options Pretty much you're able to tell
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more of what's going on on your phone
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behind the scenes Next we have
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improvements to the Smart Health app
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Yes improvements in how well they able
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to read your physical activity your
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vitals and all of that Great for fitness
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and health buffs One of the significant
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features that come with iOS 18.5 upgrade
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is smarter notifications Pretty much
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what that means is that the
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notifications are less intrusive than
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they were before allowing you hopefully
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to use your smartphone with lesser
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intrusion on your thoughts on your time
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You're able to control what you respond
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to and when you are notified etc etc As
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a whole iOS 18.5 is not a massive update
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These are the biggest features in this
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update Of course Apple says that there
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are security improvements There are
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performance improvements That's all part
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for the course This is iOS 18.5 What
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devices are eligible iphone 13 series
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and later So we're talking iPhone 13
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series iPhone 14 series iPhone 15 series
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iPhone 16 series of course the upcoming
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iPhone 17
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series Also iPhone SE 2022 or what we
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call iPhone SE third generation is
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eligible iPhone 12 series models are
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eligible iPhone 11 series models are
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eligible If you own one of these devices
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to get the update simply go into your
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settings about software updates tap in
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there if it's available It will prompt
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you download and install it and when
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your iPhone reboots you will be ready to
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enjoy all of these benefits that have
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come with iOS 18.5 Thank you for
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watching this video I'll see you in my
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next one
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