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One of the more interesting aspects of T-Mobile’s T-Satellite coverage is the ability to use apps. Texting and calling is one thing, but apps typically use a bit more data, so having support for them over a satellite connection is a bit more involved.
Since X, T-Mobile has supported a small handful of apps over T-Satellite, primarily apps involving navigation and communication. That latter category now seems to have unofficially expanded a bit.
New apps discovered working via T-Satellite
Thanks to a tip from a community member, Sugar, we now know that the Discord, Signal, and LINE apps are all seemingly fully functional via T-Satellite. Signal has apparently been working as far back as January.
Primarily tested was Discord, where the user was able to send and receive both text and voice messages, as well as images, to various Discord servers.
The LINE app was installed and briefly tested, and seemed to work fully.
The official list of supported apps on T-Mobile’s website hasn’t been updated to show these apps, even though they’ve been working for nearly a month now. As a result, we can’t say for sure if they’re supposed to be working. It’s not fully clear how apps become available via T-Satellite, but if T-Mobile has to manually approve each app, then it’s safe to say these are good to go.
Other apps that were tested but found to not work include Telegram, Waze, Kik, WeChat, and Snapchat.
How to check your own apps
It’s possible that even more apps are compatible with T-Satellite. On Samsung devices, you can check for a list of compatible apps by going to Settings > Connection > Satellite, and you’ll see a list like the one below.
Note that you’ll only see the option if you have a plan that supports satellite apps at all, and it will only list compatible apps that you have installed.
As for other devices, most don’t have a dedicated compatible apps list like Samsung, so you’ll have to check each one individually.
It’s odd that T-Mobile hasn’t added these apps to their official list, as it would seemingly be a good way to promote the T-Satellite service. Eventually, as the service matures, we’re likely to see this list of apps expand quite a lot, hopefully even to include more streaming apps (only Apple Music is supported currently).
Have you noticed any compatible apps that aren’t on the official list? Let us know!
