Android 13 continues to reveal all its secrets a few months before its release in the final version. By analyzing the code for the latest beta for developers, Mishaal Rahman, a computer expert from the Esper blog, explains that Google’sSpeed up SIM card abandonment on our smartphones.
According to him, the Mountain View giant has found a way to improve the functioning of eSIM, the technology that promises to replace physical SIM cards. For those who don’t know, eSIM can replace traditional SIM cards by getting rid of the famous drawer. This innovation allows manufacturers to save space when designing their devices.
How will Android 13 improve eSIM?
It is already integrated into many smartphones on the market, eSIM trying to hold on in the mobile phone industry. Compared with the traditional SIM card, eSIM has several shortcomings. For example, integrated card technology does not allow simultaneous connection to two different operators. First of all, eSIM is not compatible with dual SIM functionality. Two SIM cards will need to be integrated, which requires a lot of space to connect to two different packages.
According to Mishaal Rahman, Google teams managed to overcome these limitations by making improvements. “multiple profiles active“. These different profiles,enable multiple SIM profiles in a single eSIM. Concretely, it will be possible to connect different packages offered by different telecommunication operators via a single integrated card.
“A single eSIM item can be connected to two different carriers at the same time, eliminating the need to have two eSIMs or one eSIM plus a nano SIM card to have dual SIM functionality”details Mishaal Rahman.
Apparently, Google patented this technology in 2020. After months of development, the American group is finally ready to add solutions to smartphones with Android 13. “Multiple references to this technology at AOSP”, the open source version of Android, says the expert. Also, Google has been testing the solution on Pixel devices for the past few months.
Note that Apple already allows iPhone 13s to use two eSIMs for two or more mobile plans. Under these circumstances, rumor has itApple plans to completely remove the SIM tray in the coming years. With the addition of this feature to Android 13, the future of traditional SIM cards seems to be getting shorter.
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