Airplane mode: Google has a great idea to keep you from thinking about it, here’s the idea

Google has applied for a patent for a technology called “Connected Airplane Mode”. The goal is to automatically activate airplane mode without interrupting Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, without you having to do anything during the flight.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please put your electronic devices in airplane mode for the duration of the flight.” What if this phrase, systematically pronounced by the stewardesses during a flight, soon became just a distant memory? In any case, this is the will of Google, which has filed a patent application for the implementation of “Connected Airplane Mode”.

In this way, your device will automatically switch to airplane mode using different information captured by the sensors of smartphones or tablets. Better: Even since Android 11, Airplane mode no longer disables Bluetoothand Wi-Fi can be turned back on manually, you don’t need to turn it on. Other links are preserved.

Google is developing an in-flight self-activated airplane mode

The operation of “Connected Airplane Mode” relies on tangible elements: environmental changes (pressure difference or acceleration), noises in the cabin (engine or “calms” we hear at different times during flight), ultrasonic signals sent by the aircraft, even the knowledge that it has passed the “check-in”. information saved on the mobile phone, such as All these settings are interpreted to the device as “We are in the air, turn on airplane mode but do not turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi”.

Google wants to go even further. during flight, Wi-Fi connection optimized to guarantee the smoothest possible experience without interruptions or speed drops. Thus, bandwidth-intensive operations such as backing up photos in the background or updating apps are automatically suspended (or resumed) depending on the quality of the connection on the card. Such a process also has a tangibly beneficial effect on the battery during a long-distance journey.

The icing on the cake: “Connected Airplane Mode” recognizes when you’ve landed and re-enables your mobile data and operations that it may have cut off on its own. The idea is very compelling on paper and we hope it will come to light soon. Europe ends airplane mode by imposing 5G in flight.

Source : ParkFly