[Someone1234]

Maybe bigger news is that they now officially support (in "beta") iPhones, Samsung's S line, and many other handsets.

If you use a non-Fi native device it won't support Sprint (T-Mobile only) and fast switching from WiFi to cellular is disabled.

It might have limitations but at least it is officially supported. People have already been using non-supported devices on Fi with these same limitations, it was just technically forbidden.

Fi really is a great network, I doubt it would ever happen but I still hope that cost per GB might fall a little in time. I am pleased they added the data ceiling/unlimited after 6 GB.

[russdill]

I'm guessing international support will also be limited.

[pmlamotte]

FWIW, I successfully used my unofficially supported Galaxy S9 in India. I did hit one snag, which is that I had bought the phone prior to going on the trip and hadn't installed the Project Fi app yet which meant I couldn't connect to any network after landing. Once I got on wifi and installed the app, I had 4G during my entire stay even in the most rural areas on overnight trains and no issues.

Though had I bothered to go through the whole passport photo/scan 24hr submission process for Airtel it would have been way cheaper.

[russdill]

When I brought my Samsung S7 with a Fi data sim to Korea, it worked fine. When I brought it to Japan, nothing. My Nexus 5X worked great in both places.

[keerthiko]

I believe that's because there US S7 doesn't have the LTE receiver for the data band used in Japan, whereas the 5X does and not the issue of the Fi SIM. I bet if you got an S7 from Japan it would have worked fine

[MatthewMcDonald]

I'm not sure if it would have been better on a supported phone, but in the past year I've had good coverage with an iPhone SE on Fi in New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.

[mayneack]

My international use on fi over the last couple years has been almost entirely on t-mobile, so it might not matter much in practice.

[vinay427]

No, it shouldn't, and I hope Google isn't lazy enough to add an unnecessary limitation. T-Mobile's very similar roaming (which Google's seems to be based off of) works fine with unlocked non-T-Mobile branded phones.

[Someone1234]

That's a very good point. I'd imagine that it has to be since other handsets won't know which network to connect to in order to get Fi service.

[dmoy]

iPhone on fi worked internationally ~2 years ago or whatever. So, probably better now?

[pochamago]

The knowledge that I can easily switch to a phone with a 3.5mm plug is very exciting. Definitely going to do that next time I need a replacement