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Install your Italy eSIM on Pixel 3, 4, 5.

Yes — Pixel 3, 4, 5 supports eSIM in Italy. Pixel 3 was the first Android phone to ship with eSIM support. All three generations work with travel.to. travel.to routes you to TIM, Vodafone Italia, WindTre automatically — you don't pick the carrier, your phone does.

Compatibility check

What checks out before payment.

eSIM supported

Pixel 3, 4, 5 (2018) ships with eSIM hardware.

Carrier coverage

3 partner carriers in Italy · auto-handoff between them.

Speed band

90 – 180 Mbps urban · 45 ms RTT.

Install · ANDROID

6 steps from QR to online.

  1. 01

    Open Settings on your phone

    Tap the Settings app from your home screen or app drawer.

  2. 02

    Tap Network & internet

    On Pixel and most Android phones it's called Network & internet. Samsung Galaxy phones may label it Connections.

  3. 03

    Open SIMs (or SIM card manager)

    Tap SIMs on Pixel, or SIM card manager on Samsung. You'll see your current SIM lines listed.

  4. 04

    Tap the + button or Add SIM

    Look for a + icon or an Add SIM / Add eSIM action.

  5. 05

    Choose Download a SIM instead?

    When the phone asks if you have a physical SIM, choose Download a SIM instead — that's the eSIM path.

  6. 06

    Scan the QR code from your email

    Open the eSIM email from travel.to on another device and point your phone's camera at the QR code.

Once installed, the eSIM is dormant until Pixel 3, 4, 5 reaches a partner carrier's network in Italy — typically the moment you land. No manual switch, no carrier app.

Italy network

What to expect on Pixel 3, 4, 5 in Italy.

Carriers
TIM · Vodafone Italia · WindTre
Network
90 – 180 Mbps urban · 45 ms RTT
Time zone
UTC+1 · UTC+2 summer
Roaming alt cost
$12 – 20/GB on default home-carrier roaming — travel.to is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Plans for Italy

Pick a plan and we'll email your QR.

All Italy details  →
Plan · 01
Unlimited
for 1 day · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$7.35 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $7
Plan · 02
Unlimited
for 3 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$18.14 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $18
Plan · 03
Unlimited
for 5 days · 30 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$25.20 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $25
Our pick
Plan · 04
Unlimited
for 7 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$39.02 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Get this plan  ·  $39
Plan · 05
Unlimited
for 10 days · unlimited at full speed
$42 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $42
Plan · 06
Unlimited
for 15 days · unlimited at full speed
$56.70 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $57
Plan · 07
Unlimited
for 30 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$150.88 USD

For when the trip becomes the month, and the month becomes the work.

Buy  ·  $151
Pixel 3, 4, 5 in Italy

Common questions.

Yes. Pixel 3, 4, 5 ships with eSIM hardware, and travel.to routes it onto TIM, Vodafone Italia, and WindTre in Italy. The line activates the moment you land — install takes under two minutes and is fully refundable if it fails to activate.
Yes. Pixel 3, 4, 5 supports dual SIM worldwide, so your home SIM stays in the tray and travel.to installs alongside it as a second line. No swapping, no removing your primary number.
On Pixel 3, 4, 5 open Settings → Network & internet → SIMs (Samsung calls it SIM card manager under Connections), tap Add SIM, choose "Download a SIM instead", and scan the QR from your travel.to email — 6 taps total.
Under two minutes. The QR arrives by email seconds after payment; 6 taps later the profile is installed on Pixel 3, 4, 5. It stays dormant until you reach a partner network in Italy (UTC+1 · UTC+2 summer) — usually the instant you land, before you have changed your clock.
In Italy we route on TIM, Vodafone Italia, and WindTre. Pixel 3, 4, 5 hands off automatically to whichever has the strongest signal where you are — you do not pick the carrier, the phone does.
90 – 180 Mbps urban · 45 ms RTT. Pixel 3, 4, 5 negotiates the fastest band the local network offers, so in covered areas you get the same speeds a native SIM would pull on the same carrier.
Default home-carrier roaming in Italy runs about $12 – 20 per GB. A travel.to plan for Italy sits an order of magnitude below that, and you never get a surprise bill — you pay once, up front, for the data you chose.
No need. The airport SIM kiosks in Italy keep limited hours (Rome FCO · 07:00 – 23:00 · Milan MXP · 24h) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight. Install the travel.to eSIM on Pixel 3, 4, 5 before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
Two carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold Pixel 3, 4, 5 falls back automatically — you never have to switch networks by hand.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the Italy eSIM profile already on Pixel 3, 4, 5 — no new QR scan, no second install. Same line, fresh data, added from your Italy order page in one tap.
Full refund if the Italy eSIM fails to activate on Pixel 3, 4, 5. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on TIM, Vodafone Italia, and WindTre (and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount). One click from your dashboard — no email thread.
A few Pixel 3, 4, 5-specific notes: Carrier-unlocked variants only. If your phone is locked to a US carrier, you'll need to unlock it first. Beyond that, the travel.to install flow in Italy is the standard Android path.