Travel guides
Connectivity tips, country deep-dives, and how to travel data-light.
A travel eSIM only installs on a carrier-unlocked phone. How to check your iPhone or Android in a minute, spot a lock, and get unlocked before you travel.
Running low or out of data on your trip? A Zwitchy top-up puts you back online in seconds, on the same eSIM with no new QR code. Plus how to dodge roaming.
Can't scan the QR code? Install any Zwitchy eSIM manually: where to find your SM-DP+ address and activation code, and how to enter them on iPhone and Android.
A QR code that won't scan is almost always a quick fix, not a broken eSIM. Here are the reasons, and the ordered steps to install your Zwitchy eSIM in minutes.
An eSIM is tied to one device and doesn't move automatically. Here are the realistic ways to shift your Zwitchy travel eSIM to a new phone.
Delete your travel eSIM when you get home, or keep it for next time? How to remove an eSIM on iPhone and Android, and when keeping it saves you a reinstall.
An APN connects your phone to mobile data. A Zwitchy travel eSIM sets it automatically, so most travelers never touch it, here's where to find it, just in case.
Trained to fear roaming charges? A travel eSIM is different. Here's why Data Roaming ON is safe, prepaid, and required to get your Zwitchy eSIM online abroad.
A travel eSIM next to your home SIM makes your phone dual-SIM. Check these five line settings for cheap data abroad without breaking calls, texts or bank codes.
Installing your eSIM uses no data and starts nothing. Your allowance and validity begin on your first connection abroad, so buying early is safe.
Which networks you'll ride, how much data a week in France really takes, and how to be online before you leave the airport.
From Rome to the Amalfi Coast, which networks carry you, how much data two weeks really takes, and how to land online.