Google to enable 5G on Pixel 7 series and Pixel 6a in India this quarter

10 January 2023
Google is falling a bit behind schedule as the update was supposed to arrive in December 2022.

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  • Gorth
  • 3nv
  • 06 Feb 2023

This whole thing is a joke, custom ROMs few years old cupport VoLTE, and 5G without any carrier "certifications". This is intentionally cripling with exuses that manufacturer doesn't sell phone in that country and it wasn't verified for any already supported STANDARDIZED thing. That is why we call somethings standards, because they follow certain patern, rules and regulations.

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    • Arun
    • 7k3
    • 13 Jan 2023

    There was a huge sale season through Amazon and Flipkart where the device is advertised as 5G, but actually the phone doesn't support it so far, which I think is a clear case intentional cheating!

      Szurix, 11 Jan 2023Why the hell are many other brands sold with 5g enabled to then?because the manufacturers don't bother to turn it off, which is bad. a 5g enabled phone in a place where there is so little 5g will waste battery trying to connect to a 5g tower, whereas one without 5g will just stay connected to a 4g tower.

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        • AtPeace
        • SXU
        • 12 Jan 2023

        Anonymous, 12 Jan 2023They do support VoLTE and VoWifi. Why spread wrong information?VoLTE/VoWifi is also not supported in my country in Central Europe and we also are stuck to 2g for calls. 4g/2g switching doesn't work properly, so we are sometimes left unreachable despite the phone showing normal signal. Sux big time, really unhappy with it.
        I don't think modem fixes will solve it, I would much prefer enablement of VoLTE. 5G I don't care so much about yet.

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          • Anonymous
          • vwa
          • 12 Jan 2023

          Kappalambda, 10 Jan 2023Yeah! Let's give an applause to Google. No thank you! ... moreThey do support VoLTE and VoWifi. Why spread wrong information?

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            • Szurix
            • 3iD
            • 11 Jan 2023

            0odle-noodle, 10 Jan 2023the technical reasoning for devices in those countries not ... moreWhy the hell are many other brands sold with 5g enabled to then?

              Anonymous , 11 Jan 2023Then start a company and try it urself u will know lose or gain I don't need to, because i know that's how it would play out. I've taken economics classes.

                Akemi, 11 Jan 2023Not profitable? Why? Do they think we live on the streets a... moreNo, it wouldnt be profitable to sell them there because outside out of larger countries. pixels arent well known or popular. If people dont know a certain option exists, how are they gonna buy it? there would be few sales, and those few sales wouldnt cover costs for shipping, R&D, paying employees, and paying the companies whos stores they sell in. ill put this in simpler terms

                If you bake brownies, and take them to a party, but nobody knows you have brownies, and they're already happy eating cookies, they re not going to go see if they can get a brownie, because they don't realize they can, so they're just going to get a cookie instead.
                basically, it wasn't worth making all those brownies, because nobody ate them, and they just went to waste

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                  • Akemi
                  • 3bm
                  • 11 Jan 2023

                  0odle-noodle, 10 Jan 2023how is not selling in a certain country because its not pro... moreNot profitable? Why? Do they think we live on the streets and have no money to buy their phones?
                  All of Apple's phones cost over $1000 and yet they've been selling here for over a decade
                  Somehow Apple can profit with $1500 phones but Google can't with a $400 phone?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • DkQ
                    • 11 Jan 2023

                    0odle-noodle, 10 Jan 2023how is not selling in a certain country because its not pro... moreThen start a company and try it urself u will know lose or gain

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                      • Anti Pixel Action
                      • vGW
                      • 11 Jan 2023

                      0odle-noodle, 10 Jan 2023how is not selling in a certain country because its not pro... morePixel will never become popular, they are a google vanity project.

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                        • Kappalambda
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                        • 10 Jan 2023

                        Yeah! Let's give an applause to Google. No thank you! They don't even support VoLTE/VoWiFi and we want 5G.

                        As if I can't buy the device and move/relocate to another country and suddenly I am on 2G for calls. LOL. They require specific carrier settings the claim!!! 😂😂😂 Just root and problem solved! So no "special" carrier settings.

                          Akemi, 10 Jan 2023Google is racist They don't even sell phones in my co... morehow is not selling in a certain country because its not profitable racist? you sound insane. google has slowly been expanding where devices are sold as they gain more market share. when pixels become more popular, they will come to more markets, its as simple as that

                            sumdumguy, 10 Jan 2023What about the rest of the EU? It's ridiculous and inf... morethe technical reasoning for devices in those countries not having 5G is quite simple really.
                            its because those countries lack widespread 5G infrastructure.

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                              • Vango
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                              • 10 Jan 2023

                              Anonymous, 10 Jan 2023MBps is more correct usage since every media we see is in MB/GBWhile you're right, I do know that internet companies misuse certain notation - they specifically advertise speeds in Mega bit (written as Mb) compared to Mega Byte (MB), which gives the impression of 8 times the speed there actually is.

                              I edited my comment tho

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vGW
                                • 10 Jan 2023

                                Vango, 10 Jan 20235G has been enabled on my S20 FE here in India, and it does... moreMBps is more correct usage since every media we see is in MB/GB

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                                  • Vango
                                  • vbx
                                  • 10 Jan 2023

                                  5G has been enabled on my S20 FE here in India, and it does give much better speeds (~200 Mb/s compared to less than 20 Mb/s on 4G), but I have no use for that extra speed.

                                  I'm not trying to stream a 4K movie while in the metro, and 4G works perfectly fine for everything else while taking less power.

                                    looks like 5g will be advertised as 5g ready/out of box thing from some Chinese brand's 😂

                                      chris1998, 10 Jan 2023I think this goes to show how behind India really is in the... moreWell, at least we didn't have Liz Truss as our Prime Minister, who couldn't even outlast a lettuce.

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                                        • 10 Jan 2023

                                        Enable 5g in Thailand, please

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