{"id":71283,"date":"2025-09-05T07:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=71283"},"modified":"2025-08-24T15:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:56:28","slug":"smart-is-first-asian-telco-to-launch-pluggable-esim-adapter-for-android-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/09\/05\/smart-is-first-asian-telco-to-launch-pluggable-esim-adapter-for-android-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart is first Asian telco to launch pluggable eSIM Adapter for Android users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reinforcing its thrust to bring cutting-edge innovations to more Filipinos, mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has become the first Asian telco to launch a pluggable eSIM adapter for Android users. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This technology enables non-eSIM-capable Android devices to store and manage multiple eSIMs, providing users with convenience and flexibility without having to purchase a new handset.<\/p>\n<p>Now available at the Smart Online Store, Smart Stores, and accredited retailers nationwide for only Php119, the Smart Multi SIM is a physical SIM card that comes with a mobile number and a welcome bundle of 5 GB of open access data, 100 SMS, and 10 minutes of calls valid for three days. <\/p>\n<p>The Smart Multi SIM works with a companion mobile app. With it, users can easily download and install up to five eSIM profiles, and conveniently manage and switch between these eSIMs for personal, business, or travel use. <\/p>\n<p>To begin using the service, users simply need to download the Smart Multi SIM app on Google Play Store. The app&#8217;s homepage provides a simple interface for managing existing profiles, adding new ones, and purchasing more eSIMs directly from the Smart Online Store.<\/p>\n<p>With the Smart Multi SIM, users can access and  enjoy more innovative services, such as Smart&#8217;s Trave app for more convenient and affordable data roaming, or sign up for KiQ, Smart&#8217;s eSIM-based service that offers a personalized mobile experience by letting users choose their data allocation, call and text inclusions, and validity period. <\/p>\n<p>To know more about the Smart Multi SIM, follow Smart&#8217;s official accounts on Facebook, X, and Instagram. <\/p>\n<p>You may also click https:\/\/smrt.ph\/multisimapp for Smart Prepaid or https:\/\/tntph.com\/Pages\/TNTMultiSim for TNT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now available at the Smart Online Store, Smart Stores, and accredited retailers nationwide for only Php119, the Smart Multi SIM is a physical SIM card that comes with a mobile number and a welcome bundle of 5 GB of open access data, 100 SMS, and 10 minutes of calls valid for three days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[383,96],"class_list":["post-71283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-smart","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71285,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71283\/revisions\/71285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}