Google's Project Fi Get New Perks for Travelers

Google's Project Fi is getting some new travel-friendly perks.

Almost notably, the service now includes data coverage in 170 countries and territories – "from Argentine republic to Zambia," Google appear on Th.

"Like e'er, the data you apply abroad costs the same equally the information you apply at home," Google Production Manager Jean Choi wrote in a web log post. "You lot'll continue to enjoy the aforementioned loftier-speed international coverage, now in more places like Belize and Myanmar."

Check out the image beneath to come across all the new destinations covered in Projection Fi'south network. To see all 170 locations, head here.

Google Fi international coverage additions

Besides that, Google is adding a handy (if not a bit intrusive) characteristic that volition "let you know whether y'all're covered on your side by side trip based on your upcoming international flights from Gmail." Shortly before your trip, yous'll receive a notification in the Project Fi app showing your coverage options and costs. These notifications are enabled past default, simply you lot can plow them off in your account settings.

As we wrote in our review, Project Fi "combines Dart, T-Mobile, and U.Southward. Cellular into a virtual network with better coverage than whatsoever one of the three offers individually." The main downside is the pick of phones yous tin can use with this service is very limited. Still, "its spectacular results in our almanac Readers' Selection poll mean it's worth because if you're interested in Google's Pixel phones," we wrote.

Meanwhile, Google too recently launched a Project Fi feature called Pecker Protection, which caps monthly call, text, and information charges on a unmarried line at $80, regardless of how much data you use.

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