Google says that the company's Project Fi wireless service will no longer require invites. The service leans heavily on Wi-Fi, but also utilizes the Sprint and T-Mobile networks when Wi-Fi isn't in range. Project Fi was announced a little more than a year ago, and since last summer has existed as largely an invite-only beta. The company has yet to specify just how many users have signed up for the service.
"We launched Project Fi as an invitation-only Early Access program to make sure we could deliver the best quality of service to our first customers," the company said in a blog post.
"Today, we’re excited to be exiting our invitation-only mode and opening up Project Fi so that people across the U.S. can now sign up for service without having to wait in-line for an invite."
For $20 a month users get unlimited talk, text, tethering and international roaming in 120+ countries. After that, it's a flat $10 per each additional gigabyte of GB for cellular data whether in the U.S. or abroad (read: $10 for 1 GB, $20 for 2 GB, or $30 for 3 GB) up to 10 GB per month. To spur interest, Google says it's offering its Nexus 5X smartphone for $200 for the next month if bought and activated through Project Fi.