Iridium Mail & Web

If you were having trouble with your android phone running v9 and Iridium Mail there is a fix. The new version of Mail, 1.0.0118 is now compatible with Android v9. It is still a pretty shaky application though. I have chastised Iridium to do better. We'll see if they do. [Old - Mail v1.0.0116, DOES NOT WORK with Android v9. v1.0.011 does work fine. I spent 5 hours on the phone from Mexico with three service providers. The issue has been elevated to Iridium.]

I would not recommend this app or Iridium Go! to anyone until these long-overdue crashing issues have been resolved. I have been trying to use this with Iridium Go! This app doesn't work fully with any recent versions of Android. I have wasted $150 of airtime trying to access a very basic text based web page (less than 1kb in size) and have been unable to do so. The app crashes often on each of the 5 devices I have tried it on. This app needs an update and some proper testing. A very frustrating and costly experience.

Amazing resource to have when at sea. When passaging from NZ to Fiji it's incredible to have contact with friends and family despite being days and days from any land. It's comforting to know you can reach people if needed. It has worked well for us. Yes it's slow and a bit clunky at times but you just get used to using it and telling friends and companies you might be contacting not to send attachments. Overall I love it!