Ubigi for Android

This was my first time using an eSIM (device is an Android 12) and Ubigi worked great on a recent month-long trip to Italy. I was able to set it up be while already abroad (in Serbia) without any issues, the step by step instructions Ubigi offered worked as written. I bought a country specific 10GB/30day plan. Reception in Italy was solid - LTE in nearly all places except when truly out in the boonies and even there it was usually 3G instead of no reception at all, overall performing as well as I would have expected a locally bought physical SIM to have done. Given how expensive US carrier roaming rates have become (I have AT&T) and not wanting to waste time looking for a local SIM provider, etc, I’m very glad to have found Ubigi and look forward to using their services on future trips abroad as well. One caveat is that this is a data only plan and while WhatsApp text and calling worked just fine, I had issues trying to call local numbers via Skype. Not sure if that’s specifically a limitation on this kind of data plan but I wasn’t able to find a good explanation otherwise. IMessage would also sometimes work via the data network and other times try to send as SMS and therefore fail. A few texts I only received when I reactivated my primary SIM stateside but that wasn’t an issue for my needs. I also didn’t bother with trying WiFi activating my primary US cell number as Id read some issues that are carrier (AT&T) specific and may still trigger roaming charges that I wanted to avoid, and so iI can’t comment on how that specific feature works on an eSIM like Ubigi.

To create an account, you must first install the esim, then connect to the Ubigi data network, and then through the app you can create an account. But the account creation process is painful: for some strange unknown reason, it won’t let you paste data into the password field. Hello??? I use a password generator app to create a very complex password. This is best practice! No way am I going to type that complex password. I don’t understand why the app is blocking paste — the implication being, you’ll just end up using (and typing) a weak password.

If you removed the esim from your device, then the app may mess with the APN settings for your main carrier.

Does not work on all devices. You can try it on your electronic but it did not work on mine.

Currently using it in France after using AT&T’s international data plan for a previous trip & part of the current trip. So far it works quite well and is much cheaper. Using Android 13 Pro Max