T-Mobile customers are noticing a helpful change in their phone settings that makes it much easier to see which wireless network they’re actually connected to. Instead of just showing “Roaming” for every non-T-Mobile network, your phone will now display the actual names of available networks when you check your network selection menu.
According to PhoneArena, this change comes right after T-Mobile finished buying UScellular, and it’s already making things less confusing for customers who want to know exactly where their signal is coming from. Before this update, if you weren’t on T-Mobile’s own towers, your phone would simply label everything else as “Roaming” – not very helpful when you’re trying to figure out your connection.
The biggest change involves UScellular, which T-Mobile now owns. Some customers are seeing UScellular towers show up as regular T-Mobile coverage instead of roaming, though the technical details still show it as a roaming connection if you dig deeper into your settings. This seems to be T-Mobile’s way of showing they now control these networks, even if they haven’t fully combined them yet.
There’s also a small but notable change to T-Mobile’s satellite service. What used to be called “T-Mobile SpaceX” in your phone’s settings is now labeled “T-Sat+Starlink” to better reflect what the service actually is and avoid any confusion.
Keep in mind that just because a network shows up in your list doesn’t mean you can actually connect to it – T-Mobile still needs to have agreements with these other companies for you to use their towers. But at least now you can see what’s actually available in your area instead of everything being lumped together under a generic “Roaming” label.
This change should be particularly useful for customers in rural areas where T-Mobile partners with smaller local carriers to provide coverage. Now you’ll know if you’re connecting to a regional carrier’s network or staying on T-Mobile’s own system.
Source: PhoneArena