Install your eSIM on Android
Steps for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy. Do it at home on Wi-Fi before you fly; installing doesn't start your plan. When do my days start?
Before you start
A phone with eSIM
Unlocked
On Wi-Fi
One tap: your order email has an Install on Android button (on your order page it's called Install on this phone). Open the email on the phone you're traveling with and tap it to open your phone's eSIM setup, where Android supports it. If nothing happens, use the QR code or enter the code by hand.
Unlike iPhone, Android has no tap-and-hold option for a QR code on the same screen: Google's and Samsung's guides only describe scanning it or entering the code. Use the button, or show the QR code on another screen.
Google Pixel
Show the QR code on another screen, such as a laptop.
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Open Settings
Tap Network & internet > SIMs. - 2
Tap Add SIM
Then tap Set up an eSIM. - 3
Scan the QR code
Follow the steps on screen and scan the QR code from your order, or enter the code from “Enter manually” on your order page. - 4
Set your SIM preferences
When asked, keep your home SIM for Calls and Texts. You'll set mobile data to RoamClean when you land.
Samsung Galaxy
Menu names can vary slightly by model and region.
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Open Settings
Tap Connections > SIM manager. - 2
Tap Add eSIM
Then tap Scan QR code and scan the code from your order. - 3
No camera handy?
On the scan screen, tap Enter activation code and paste the code from your order page. - 4
Restart the phone
Samsung says to restart to apply the eSIM profile.
To make the line easy to find, tap it in SIM manager, tap Name and enter RoamClean.
After it's added
Don't delete it
Keep your home number working
Sources
- Google: Set up a new eSIM (Pixel)checked September 30, 2026
- Google: How to use dual SIMs on your Google Pixel phonechecked September 30, 2026
- Google: Learn more about eSIMs (Pixel)checked September 30, 2026
- Google: Use your Pixel phone with a different carrier (unlocked phones)checked September 30, 2026
- Samsung US: SIM cards for your Galaxy phone or tabletchecked September 30, 2026
- Samsung Canada: Galaxy eSIM and supported network carrierschecked September 30, 2026
- Samsung UK: How to use or manage dual SIM cardschecked September 30, 2026
Related help
When do my plan's days start?
Not when you install. The days start when the eSIM first connects in a country your plan covers.
When you land
Turn the line on, set it for data, turn roaming on for it, and keep your home line for texts.
No internet?
Check the data line, roaming, airplane mode, APN and network selection, in that order.
Does my phone support eSIM?
Two checks before you buy: your phone has eSIM, and it isn't locked to a carrier.
Last verified October 1, 2026