In this video I'll explain how to figure out if your phone will work on the
Google Fi Network. Good morning YouTube from rainy and cold New York City. In my
last video I talked about why I switched to Google Fi and the Pixel 3 from AT&T
and the iPhone. I got some really great responses for that video and I really
appreciate it. One of the most common questions I got was whether or not your
phone will work on the Google Fi network. So I figured I would answer with
a video demonstration rather than just typing it in the comments over and over
again. The first thing you want to do is go to Google Fi's website and once
you get there you'll scroll down.
To get here, click "check your compatibility" and then pick the phone
that you have. Let's say you have an Apple iphone and you have an iPhone
that's older than the 5s and you're currently on Verizon and then you can
look down here and check to see if your phone is compatible. So any iPhone 5s or
later would have the 4G LTE speeds and unlimited calls and texts no roaming
fees in the 170 plus destinations. Then you get to the text section and you
realize that if you're texting to non iPhones that there might be some issues.
You have to go in and update the settings to get it to work but your
iMessage iPhone to iPhone will still work same. With voicemails you have an extra
step that you have to do to get it to work.
Lastly you'll see that security and network reliability is not compatible
with the iPhone. What does that mean? The way the network works for
Google Fi is they use T-mobile, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and Wi-Fi hotspots. If you
have a Google Fi phone, which ever signal is the strongest, that's what your
phone will select. So if you're in New York City in a certain area and Sprint
works there better than t-mobile your phone will just automatically go to
Sprint because it has the strongest signal. And when you're walking through
New York City like I do, you hit a bunch of Wi-Fi hotspots, your phone
automatically goes to the Wi-Fi hotspot seamlessly and you can still use your
phone just like you normally would. You can make calls, you can send texts, and
the great thing about that is when you're on these Wi-Fi hotspots you use
no data. So for iPhone, you're not gonna have the ability to switch to the
strongest cell phone carrier in your area or to the Google Wi-Fi hotspots. I
think you can manually do that but I know now that Google Fi officially
supports iPhones, they're working on a fix for that. Hopefully soon iPhones
will have access to all the great things about Google Fi. So let's check
another phone. Let's say you have a Samsung, and you have the s9, and you're
with AT&T. Almost every phone will give you the first two things which in my
opinion are the most important for me because I'm getting this phone because I
want to travel full time. However, the s9 again, will not be able to seamlessly
switch through the networks. Google Fi is working on a fix for that but that's
the current reality. In my opinion, that's one of the great things about Google FI
is its ability to seamlessly move through the networks. So as you'll see I
have the Pixel 3. My phone came from Google FI anyway, so I'll just put
unlock because it is unlocked, and I just have everything. I pointed this out
in my last video, when you get a Pixel 3 phone you don't need to use a SIM card
because it has the E-sim in it, so that frees up your phone to put in another
SIM card in, if you need to. I hope this video helped you figure out whether or
not your phone will work on the Google Fi's network. If you enjoyed this
video please like below and subscribe. As I mentioned in previous videos,
eventually I'm going to be traveling full time and in March I'm planning to go to
Lima Peru. So I'll do a review on how Google Fi works in Lima when I get
there. If you're interested in that type of content, please subscribe below.
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