Code found in latest Android beta update shows support for Pixel eSIM transfers

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Code found in latest Android beta update shows support for Pixel eSIM transfers
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Code found in the recently released Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2 update shows support for eSIM profile transfers.

), the Android 13 QPR2 Beta update for compatible Pixel handsets includes information related to eSIM profile transfers. An eSIM, or embedded SIM, is a chip usually soldered to a handset's motherboard. It replaces the physical SIM card that is placed inside a SIM tray. Rahman isn't sure that the ability to transfer eSIM profiles will be allowed on non-Pixel Android models.

Besides transferring an eSIM profile from one Pixel to another, the feature could allow a SIM profile to be converted to an eSIM profile. But Rahman notes that this capability will be limited as such a conversion will be dependent on whether the carrier with the SIM profile supports the activation of eSIM profiles.Being able to transfer a SIM profile to an eSIM profile, or transferring an eSIM profile from one phone to another should come in handy immediately after the purchase of a new phone.

I don't think transferring eSIM profiles between devices is defined in the eSIM spec, so I don't know which devices will support this. I'm guessing you'll be able to at least transfer eSIM profiles between Pixels.The information included with a SIM or eSIM profile includes a phone's unique IMSI number and an authentication key that allows the phone's owner to use that device on a particular cellular network.

or go to www.google.com/android/beta. Tap on the button that says"View your eligible devices." Under a photo of your Pixel model will be a button that says Opt-in. Tap it and follow the directions. After a few minutes, go to

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