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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday (8th) that the company has used the "Starlink" connection with Apple for the new iPhone satellite service. matters were discussed.

　　Musk said on Twitter that the two sides had had "promising conversations" and praised Apple's iPhone team as "super smart."

　　"We've had some promising conversations with Apple about Starlink connectivity. The iPhone team is obviously super smart. It's safe to say that if the phone software and hardware adapt to space-based signals, rather than having Starlink purely simulate a base station, it's possible to go from space to The closed loop of the phone will work best," he wrote.

　　Just a day ago, Apple officially announced the launch of a satellite communication feature that will allow iPhone 14 users to send and receive messages and call for emergency help in areas without mobile phone coverage. Satellite communications company Globalstar is its most important partner in the service.

　　Last month, Musk’s SpaceX and U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile also released a similar feature that uses the former’s “Starlink” satellites to provide network access to mobile users in parts of the United States. Enables it to send text messages without a cellular connection.

　　It is reported that the cooperation will not start until the end of next year at the earliest, and unlike Apple's latest feature, it will allow communication between users. Apple said Wednesday that the company's satellite communications service can only be used to send information to emergency responders.

　　Musk's company has never partnered with Apple, although he did confirm in 2020 that he tried to sell the company to Apple during Tesla's darkest days. But Apple CEO Tim Cook later said he had never discussed such a deal with Musk.

　　Starlink is an ambitious plan by SpaceX to build an interconnected internet network of thousands of satellites designed to provide high-speed internet to consumers everywhere on the planet. The company currently has about 3,000 satellites in orbit, and the latest data is that the company has more than 400,000 users.