Project Fi App Update Paves The Way for U.S. Cellular Service
So first, let me be clear. This update to the Project Fi app that is rolling out to the Google Play Store does not enable U.S. Cellular support. Yet. If you are a Fi users then you will be seeing the update come to your Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 or Nexus 6P over the course of the next few days and it is part of the puzzle for U.S. Cellular support with Google’s MVNO.
As readers will know, U.S. Cellular was announced as the 3rd carrier that makes up the service, joining T-Mobile and Sprint. That announcement was last month and the expectation has been that an update to the Fi app would be required to make all of it work on the back end. That, effectively, is this update.