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- Google has launched the W+ network of Wi-Fi hotspots for Fi users.
- This essentially serves as a way to expand your mobile data coverage.
- Data used via these hotspots still counts towards your mobile data cap.
Google’s Area 120 incubator launched the experimental Orion Wi-Fi initiative back in 2020, allowing public venues to sell Wi-Fi capacity to cellular carriers. Now, Google Fi has quietly rolled out the W+ network of Wi-Fi hotspots using this tech (h/t: 9to5Google).
The search company says the W+ service for Fi subscribers uses “select secure, high-quality Wi-Fi networks to improve your mobile data connection.” The connection will be displayed in your network indicator field as “W+”.