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I was initially quite intrigued, They have some great nice to have features but are missing some useful must haves when compared to Google Fi such as 1. WiFi c
by mataug 10y ago
I was initially quite intrigued, They have some great nice to have features but are missing some useful must haves when compared to Google Fi such as
1. WiFi calling, Extremely useful, Many places that I go to have terrible reception and calling and texting via WiFi has saved me many times.
2. Simple international calling / travel plans. I use this a lot and again WiFi calling + international roaming on Google Fi has saved me boat loads of money.
3. Hangouts integration exceptionally useful again because you can use hangouts to make / receive calls & texts even if your phone dies or breaks.
Yes it costs $3 more and that isn't a big issue if they can improve on Google Fi.
- stanleydrew 10y agoGoogle Fi is out ahead of us in terms of carrier relationships, which is how they enable #2. The fact that Google has worked on Hangouts for so long makes #1 and #3 possible. Unless you're talking about native carrier WiFi calling in #1, in which case see my previous point. We have the engineering background to build all those things, but we're limited by our carrier partners (currently just Sprint) for some. They haven't enabled WiFi calling on any wholesale accounts for instance, and have said that won't happen until 2017 at the earliest. At this point our best feature is that you get the simple pricing of Google's Fi, on an iPhone or any other Sprint-compatible device.
- akhilcacharya 10y agoIs it just possible to do WiFi calling using Hangouts? I'd rather do that, personally.
- jccalhoun 10y agoyes, i use google voice for this. i just hope they don't kill it!