httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nE8E0G1M0A
That’s what Google set out to create with its unusual Project Fi service.
The service launched in a limited beta last April, though with the hulking Nexus 6 as its only supported phone at the time, it wasn’t much of a realistic option for most people.
Once you get your Project Fi SIM in the mail, all you do is pop the card into your phone, follow a few on-screen prompts, and then wait a few minutes while Google handles all the behind-the-scenes gobbledygook involved with porting your number and establishing your service.
Since Fi charges only for the mobile data that’s actually used in any given month, the service is essentially always working to help me spend less money.
All right – so that’s been my experience with Project Fi over the past six months.
If you’re consistently using a ton of mobile data each month – and you aren’t in areas w Fi’s public Wi-Fi use would make a meaningful dent in that total – then Project Fi likely won’t add up to be beneficial for you.
If neither T-Mobile nor Sprint has solid service w you are – if you’re in a rural area w only AT&T or Verizon get reliable signals – you should probably think twice about proceeding with Project Fi. The ability to use Wi-Fi networks to fill in the gaps of coverage is great, but you don’t want to be relying on that for your primary connection and left in the dark the rest of the time.
Project Fi is currently compatible only with Nexus devices, so if you don’t have and don’t want the Nexus 5X or 6P, everything else about the service is irrelevant.