{"id":4641,"date":"2020-04-20T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2519616"},"modified":"2020-04-20T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:45:00","slug":"google-fi-gets-iphone-esim-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/google-fi-gets-iphone-esim-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Fi gets iPhone eSIM support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Google-Fi-800x444.png\" alt=\"Google Fi gets iPhone eSIM support\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Google Fi is getting eSIM support on the iPhone. Previously, you would need to order a plastic SIM card to use Google Fi, but now iPhone users can set up service with just a few taps and clicks. You can even use it as a second mobile service on the iPhone now, with Google Fi on the eSIM and some other carrier in the physical SIM slot.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/fi\/answer\/9823429\">support page<\/a>, first spotted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2020\/04\/16\/google-fi-iphone-esim\/\">9to5Google<\/a>, warns that, for now, eSIM support is only open to new signups for Google Fi. You&#8217;ll need an iPhone&nbsp;XR, XS, XS Max, or 11 series for it to work. The setup process is a bit strange since it can&#8217;t all be done through the app like normal. Instead you have to go to the Google Fi website and sign up for service first, presumably so that Apple doesn&#8217;t get a cut of the Google Fi subscription. After signing up and opting into &#8220;quick setup,&#8221; you can download the Google Fi app and do the rest of the setup on your phone.<\/p>\n<p>At its maximum power, Google Fi combines the networks of T-Mobile, Sprint (which is now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2020\/04\/t-mobile-completes-sprint-merger-john-legere-leaves-ceo-job-a-month-early\/\">part of T-Mobile<\/a>), and US Cellular, but this only happens on &#8220;Google Fi Compatible&#8221; devices. On devices like the iPhone, Google Fi is just a regular, old T-Mobile MVNO. There are still reasons you might want to sign up for Google&#8217;s version of T-Mobile service, though, since it&#8217;s often more flexible than other carrier plans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullbox sidebar story-sidebar right\">\n<div class=\"story-sidebar-part\">\n<div class=\"story-sidebar-part-content\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You only pay for the data you use, and you can start and stop the monthly service easily&mdash;just press a button in the app&mdash;whenever you want. There&#8217;s no extra cost for tethering or for adding extra data-only devices&mdash;you just pay for whatever data you use. You get many of the best features&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/fi\/answer\/6159953?hl=en\">of Google Voice<\/a>&nbsp;in the package, like the ability to call, text, and check voicemail from the Web and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/fi\/answer\/6188337\">from the Google Hangouts app<\/a>, along with easy call forwarding and easy call blocking. Google Fi&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fi.google.com\/about\/international-rates\/\">works internationally<\/a>&nbsp;in over 200 countries, and while calls internationally are billed at 20 cents a minute, there are no extra data fees. You&#8217;ll be able to hop on the local LTE networks and pay for whatever data you use at the same rate as normal. If you&#8217;re using it as a second mobile service, you could have an easily controllable second phone number or have a work and personal number on the same phone.<\/p>\n<p>The pricing is easy to understand. The &#8220;Flexible&#8221; plan for lower data usage is $20 a month for unlimited calls and texts plus $10 per gigabyte of data you use (billed by the megabyte). If you regularly use a ton of data, the &#8220;Unlimited&#8221; plan&mdash;a flat $70 per month with 22GB of high-speed data&mdash;might make more sense. There is also a discount for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fi.google.com\/about\/plans\/\">group plans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For now, the feature is still rolling out, so if you don&#8217;t see the option for eSIM setup, just wait a few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/fi\/answer\/9823429\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/fi\/answer\/9823429<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>RON AMADEO <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>RON AMADEO <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&rsquo;s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Google Fi is getting eSIM support on the iPhone. Previously, you would need to order a plastic SIM card to use Google Fi, but now iPhone users can set up service with just a few taps and clicks. You can even use it as a second mobile service on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/20\/google-fi-gets-iphone-esim-support\/\">Continue reading <span>Google Fi gets iPhone eSIM support<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/google-fi-gets-iphone-esim-support\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google Fi gets iPhone eSIM support - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/google-fi-gets-iphone-esim-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google Fi gets iPhone eSIM support - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google&rsquo;s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Google Fi is getting eSIM support on the iPhone. 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