Alongside the series of announcements earlier this week, Google Fi made official HD calling. Its absence has been a long-standing and noticeable complaint from subscribers.
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Google Fi is getting a series of notable updates in the coming weeks that improve messaging, browsing, and calling, with Google AI playing a role.
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If you’re on the hunt for an affordable new phone, you’ll be able to pick up a used device from the “Back Market” store in NYC, which is also the latest physical location in which you’ll be able to get Google Fi Wireless.
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Google Fi is rolling out support for AI billing summaries, but Google, as usual, says that you shouldn’t rely on AI that can make mistakes.
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In the US, Best Buy is selling Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 LTE with 2 years of free cellular service from Google Fi.
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Like Pixel Preferred Care earlier this year, Google Fi device protection now has a new “device protection provider” with one benefit improving.
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The Google Store in the US is now getting a prominent promotion for “Fi Wireless” alongside Pixel phones.
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As previewed in April, Google Fi Wireless is rolling out support for visual voicemail on the iPhone. With this update, voicemail will no longer be available in the Fi app.
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Google Fi Wireless has a new offer that discounts both a Pixel 9 and your monthly plan for 24 months.
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Google Fi Wireless has brought back a 50% off promo for the new Unlimited Essentials and Unlimited Standard plans for 18 months.
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One of the Google Fi perks is access to a VPN. It now has a new name for all Fi subscribers, while Pixel owners are being switched over to the built-in “VPN by Google.”
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Project Fi was announced 10 years ago, and Google is celebrating the MVNO’s birthday with a handful of updates for iPhone and iPad owners.
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Google Fi Wireless is celebrating its 10th birthday with several plan updates, including a new entry-level offering.
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With the launch of iOS 18.4 today, Google Fi subscribers can finally enable RCS (Rich Communication Services) on the iPhone.
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Apple yesterday released the latest iOS 18.4 beta and it enables support for RCS on Google Fi. iPhone users on the Google MVNO have been waiting for this improvement to Android-iOS messaging since September.
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For new subscribers, Google Fi Wireless is offering 50% off its “Simply Unlimited” phone plan for two years.
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Apple finally brought RCS support to the iPhone this year, but the company has to manually approve each carrier that supports it. In the latest iOS update, Apple is expanding RCS support to more carriers, but iPhone users on Google Fi are still left waiting.
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Over the weekend, Google Fi subscribers could get the Pixel Watch 3 LTE for free, but the deal has now ended early.
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If you’re a Google Fi Wireless subscriber, you can essentially get the 41mm or 45mm Pixel Watch 3 LTE for free with relatively few asterisks.
Google Fi Wireless today acknowledged an issue with SIM cards failing for some customers.
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iOS 18 is rolling out today with RCS to improve the Android-iPhone messaging experience, but support is not yet enabled for all carriers, including Google Fi Wireless.
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After rolling out Number Lock last week to follow the latest FCC rules around SIM swapping, Google Fi is now complying with the regulatory agency’s Safe Connections Act (PDF).
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Google Fi Wireless has a new Number Lock feature that provides an “additional layer of protection against illegal SIM swaps.”
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Google Fi’s top plan already includes 100 GB of Google One storage, and the MVNO is now offering Unlimited Plus subscribers a free two-month trial to AI Premium.
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