Apple postponed radio communications project between iPhone

A company in Cupertino has suspended work on a radio messaging feature. As planned

author, Ruben Caballero, Apple phones could exchange messages at a frequency of 900 megahertz using cellular Intel modems.

Why not

According to the assumptions of The Information, whichThis news was reported, the suspension of work may be due to the departure from the company of Caballero himself, who left Apple this year. However, there is another version according to which the rejection of the function is caused by the transition to Qualcomm modems.

How could it be

The technology involved the exchange of text messages over long distances in places where there would be no access to cellular networks. We see something similar in the usual portable walkie-talkies.