T-Mobile enables eSim on Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

[linkboy]

Summary

T-Mobile has become the first carrier in the US to enable eSim support on a Samsung phone. The phones have supported eSim, but it's been disabled.

 

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 T-Mobile just rolled out a new OTA update today for the branded Note 20 Ultra featuring eSIM support and Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) support. Android smartphones are now finally receiving two of the most requested features like eSIM and Dual SIM starting with Samsung smartphones. This holds true for the T-Mobile Note 20 Ultra. We can expect the same for the regular Note 20 and even the Galaxy S20 in the future.

According to the OTA update screen, eSIM and Dual SIM are the key highlights of the update. It’s not clear whether the update is based on the newer April 2021 security patch level or not. Apart from this, the changelog states security fixes, device stability improvements, new and enhanced features.

 

My thoughts

It's good to see a feature that's been supported by phones finally be enabled. It's especially good for people who want a Samsung phone, but need two phone numbers (like a personal and work number). Before this update, the only phones that supported it were the iPhones and Pixels.

 

Sources

T-Mobile brings eSim support to Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

[brownninja97]

Wonder how long before this comes to the UK as well, im fully expecting that I'll have to ditch my P30 Pro sadly. Hope this comes to the enterprise side as well, getting sims for our wireless emergency kits uses up time which could be saved when a site is hard down. If we just need to edit a config to get it to work that would be fantastic.