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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/b5b9b6be4a0da84c3aefdc63908a78e9.jpg?quality=7520481152Android is lagging hard behind iOS for emergency satellite connectivity, and Google may be reaching out to Garmin to enable some kind of emergency SOS feature. Late on Sunday, developer Neïl Rahmouni (first spotted by The Verge) shared some interesting code snippets that point to Google getting its own brand of emergency SOS services ala […]