Apple has announced plans to let iPhone owners send text messages using a satellite connection when in areas where there is no mobile phone signal. This feature of the upcoming iOS 18 update is set to work for iMessage chats between Apple devices as well as for classic text messages, the company announced at the WWDC conference for software developers. Both text and emojis can be transmitted using the new satellite feature, which Apple says is end-to-end encrypted. Until now, Apple has only offered an emergency calls via satellite on recent iPhones. At its annual WWDC conference, the iPhone ma…