Google Fi is launching a new Unlimited Essentials plan, costing $35 per month for one line. It’s now Google Fi’s most affordable plan, offering unlimited calls, text, and data, along with access to 30GB of high-speed data.
As part of the change, Google Fi is renaming its Simply Unlimited plan to Unlimited Standard, which still costs $50 per month for one line. The plan will now offer up to 50GB of high-speed data instead of 35GB. That means you can use your data for longer without experiencing a slowdown. The Unlimited Standard plan now has 25GB of high-speed hotspot tethering instead of 5GB, too.
Google is also increasing the high-speed data cap on its Unlimited Premium plan (formerly Unlimited Plus) from 50GB to 100GB. The plan will remain at $65 per month for one line, but it no longer offers unlimited high-speed hotspot tethering and now has a 50GB limit.
In addition to these updates, Google Fi will now let you connect a secondary tablet or laptop to your plan with a data-only eSIM, which devices like Apple’s newest iPad Air and iPad Pro come with. Google Fi has long offered the ability to add a secondary device to your plan, but it previously required you to use a physical, data-only SIM card.
To add a device with an eSIM to your plan, head to fi.google.com/account from your phone, select Manage plan, and then tap Connect your tablet. Google will then prompt you to scan a QR code with your tablet or laptop, and you’ll be able to connect your device to the internet “at no extra cost.”
There are a couple of other updates coming to Google Fi as well. It will now let iPhones as well as Android phones access international 5G, and is expanding international 5G coverage to over 92 countries for users on its Unlimited Premium and Flexible plans. Google is also adding the ability to listen to voicemails from your Phone app instead of the Fi app “in the coming weeks.”
