Google’s forthcoming wireless service will only be available to the Nexus 6 handset at launch, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Citing sources familiar with Google’s plans, the Journal says Google’s wireless service will “weave together” access from T-Mobile and Sprint’s cellular services, in addition to WiFi. The service won’t be available to older Nexus handsets, such as the LG-made Nexus 5 and Nexus 4.
The Nexus 6, made by Google’s former Motorola unit, went on sale last year and is available directly from Google online. At the Mobile World Congress trade show this week, Google’s Sundar Pichai confirmed plans to offer wireless service on an experimental basis. He likened it to the Nexus device program, about which he said, “Our goal here is to drive a set of innovations which we think the system should adopt.” Android 5.0 Lollipop is able to automatically pick the best wireless service (cellular or WiFi) based on a given app’s needs.
Google did not comment on the Journal’s report.
