Google Fi is bringing back multiple cell network support for better coverage

<figure> <img alt="The Google Fi logo on a blue background" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Google / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/google-fi-logo-larger.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google Fi is <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-fi-wireless/super-network/">launching a new "super network"</a> that can automatically switch users between two different 5G networks depending on which one has better connectivity. The feature is rolling out starting today on Pixel 9 and newer phones that have Google Fi active on eSIM and have any non-Fi SIMs disabled.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Google Fi first launched in 2015, users were <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2015/8/8/9118283/googles-project-fi-cell-phone-service-is-simple-until-its-not">originally</a> able to switch between T-Mobile and Sprint's networks. But those two networks eventually became one when T-Mobile <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21202726/tmobile-sprint-acquisition-ceo-finished-john-legere-steps-down">acquired Sprint</a> in 2020, and so the network switching stopped there. Jane Harnett, Google Fi Wireless senior product manager, told <em>The Verge</em> that Fi stopped offering the …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1030979/google-fi-automatic-network-switching-pixel">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>