Tech Alert
Google has already made some of the world’s most popular smartphones, self-driving cars and online maps. Now, you can add one more service the company provides: cell phone carrier.
Google began the service, called Project Fi, in Summer 2015, but you had to have an invite to join and as you can imagine it didn’t go over so well. Now, Project Fi is open to everyone and Google is doing things a little differently than other carriers. It gets signal by piggybacking off the networks of T-Mobile and Sprint, as well as using public Wi-Fi for calls and downloads. The billing is different, too. It’s a flat $20 per month for unlimited talk and text, and you only have to pay for the data you use. Users pay $10 per gigabyte of data, so if you pay for two gigs and only use one and a half, you’ll get $5 back. And they won’t charge you extra for going overseas. Project Fi works in more than 20 countries and costs the same as it does in the U.S. Early reviews of the service have been very positive. Aside from some call quality and coverage issues, Project Fi seems to be impressing critics.
But you shouldn’t rush to ditch your current carrier just yet, especially if you love your iPhone. The network is only compatible with three Android phones: Nexus 5X, 6 and 6P. But, in an effort to get people to make the switch, Android slashed the price of its Nexus 5X from $349 down to $199 if you buy and activate it through Project Fi. For more details be sure to check out the video above.
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