{"id":12205,"date":"2026-05-05T05:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12205"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:56:27","slug":"3-reasons-to-use-google-fi-cell-service-and-2-reasons-not-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=12205","title":{"rendered":"3 reasons to use Google Fi cell service (and 2 reasons not to)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/fi.google.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Fi<\/a> has been around for north of a decade now and it still feels like the weird, smart kid in the back of the wireless-carrier room. It\u2019s not quite a major carrier, but it\u2019s much more than just a budget MVNO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>And it\u2019s one of the only tech services I\u2019ve been using for years and years that hasn\u2019t changed all that much or arbitrarily and routinely jacked up its prices. My bill has looked the same for a long, long time.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019re tired of the Big Three and you\u2019re thinking about jumping ship, here\u2019s the reality of life on Google\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-seamless-international-travel\">Seamless international travel<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever landed in a foreign country only to be greeted by a $10-a-day \u201ctravel pass\u201d notification from your carrier, you know the pain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>With Google Fi\u2019s $65 Unlimited Plus and $30+ Flexible plan, your data just works in over 200 countries at no extra charge. You step off the plane, turn off airplane mode, and you\u2019re back on Instagram before you hit customs. It\u2019s the single best feature for anyone who frequently uses their passport.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-free-data-only-sims\">Free data-only SIMs<\/h2>\n<p>Most carriers want to charge you an extra $10 or $20 a month to add a tablet, cell-equipped laptop, or a backup phone to your plan. Fi lets you order data-only SIM cards for free.<\/p>\n<p>You just pop them into whichever device you want to connect, and they tap into your existing data bucket. It\u2019s an elegant solution for tech hoarders who want their secondary devices to actually be useful away from Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91533944\/google-fi-phone-service-review\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Fi has been around for north of a decade now and it still feels like the weird, smart kid in the back of the wireless-carrier room. It\u2019s not quite a major carrier, but it\u2019s much more than just a budget MVNO. And it\u2019s one of the only tech services I\u2019ve been using for years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand-spotlights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}