Last year, Google became a cellphone carrier with Project Fi. One of Fi’s most distinguishing features was that it could automatically hop on trusted Wi-Fi networks to reduce your data load. Now, that feature is coming to all Nexus users.
Wi-Fi Assistant, as the feature’s called, can automatically detect when you’re near an open Wi-Fi network that’s trusted and automatically connect you, even if you haven’t set it up yourself. It’s a handy way to avoid relying on your cell network’s coverage, or running up extra data charges.
Google says the feature is rolling out now to all Nexus users in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and Nordic countries. It’s unclear which devices Google is including in “Nexus users”—presumably Nexus One owners aren’t included, for obvious reasons—but anyone with a recent Nexus device will probably get it.
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