Are Google Fi Customers Also Stuck with T-M00bile Crappy Updates Too?

[NeoTreo]

Yeah, sounds like T-M00bile really sucks in getting software updates to their customers.
Read a post where someone keeps an AT&T SIM handy because T-M00bile does not deliver.

Google Fi use the T-Moobile/Sprint services.
So, Are Google Fi customers screwed just as same as T-M00bile customers?

Does a Pixel phone get updates directly from Google, thus cutting off T-Moobile's lack of involvement?

 

[Smokeaire01]

Yeah, sounds like T-M00bile really sucks in getting software updates to their customers.
Read a post where someone keeps an AT&T SIM handy because T-M00bile does not deliver.

Google Fi use the T-Moobile/Sprint services.
So, Are Google Fi customers screwed just as same as T-M00bile customers?

Does a Pixel phone get updates directly from Google, thus cutting off T-Moobile's lack of involvement?

My wife and I both have a Pixel 4a and use Google Fi. Updates come directly from Google.

 

[hallux]

Yeah, sounds like T-M00bile really sucks in getting software updates to their customers.
Read a post where someone keeps an AT&T SIM handy because T-M00bile does not deliver.

Google Fi use the T-Moobile/Sprint services.
So, Are Google Fi customers screwed just as same as T-M00bile customers?

Does a Pixel phone get updates directly from Google, thus cutting off T-Moobile's lack of involvement?

I can't speak to the Samsung devices. I do have a Pixel on Fi though, purchased through Fi, and I get my updates on the first Monday of the month just as any other Pixel owner gets if they are not blocked by their carrier.

 

[NeoTreo]

THANK YOU Google Fi customers.
Now I can plan to buy an excellent phone (Pixel 6 Pro) without the worries of a CRAP (T-M00bile) carrier.

 

[mustang7757]

Yeah, sounds like T-M00bile really sucks in getting software updates to their customers.
Read a post where someone keeps an AT&T SIM handy because T-M00bile does not deliver.

Google Fi use the T-Moobile/Sprint services.
So, Are Google Fi customers screwed just as same as T-M00bile customers?

Does a Pixel phone get updates directly from Google, thus cutting off T-Moobile's lack of involvement?

Doesn't FI use TMobile towers ?

For updates it still goes by carrier sim even unlock pixels .

 

[hallux]

Doesn't FI use TMobile towers ?

For updates it still goes by carrier sim even unlock pixels .

Yes, Fi runs on T-Mobile and US Cellular towers, though I see connection to AT&T towers from time to time as well. That does not mean we are locked to T-Mobile's update schedule...

 

[mggm100]

I've used Pixels for years with T-Mobile. My updates come regularly at the beginning of each month. And apparently my experience is no different that what others have reported in this thread. I get the phones from Google and then BYOD with T-Mobile.

 

[cwHemphill]

I have a Note 20 Ultra on Fi and it came completely unlocked out of the box. I would assume that the updates are coming directly from Samsung; could be wrong though.

 

[mustang7757]

Yes, Fi runs on T-Mobile and US Cellular towers, though I see connection to AT&T towers from time to time as well. That does not mean we are locked to T-Mobile's update schedule...

Thats what i thought, im not sure for FI user how there update schedule works, i know for pixels without them.