The next generation of Google mobile devices, including the Pixel 9 phone, the Pixel Tablet and the Pixel Fold 2, will be getting an upgrade that Android observers say is well overdue – and it should deliver much better connectivity as well as the ability for you to send messages when there's no normal mobile signal.
The upgrade is to the device's modems, which have been criticised since the days of the Pixel 6. That's because with the Tensor G2, Google decided to move to Samsung modems instead of the more commonly used Qualcomm one. In tests by PC Mag at the time, the Pixel's modem was significantly outperformed by the Qualcomm modem in the Samsung Galaxy S21.
