Re: Two Questions

On 2024-12-02 19:24, Ken Blake wrote:

I'll be in Europe (Spain, France, Italy) this coming March and April.
 I have a Google Pixel 4a. What can I do to enable my phone to make and
receive calls while I'm away?

The important detail is who is your provider and what plan you got from them. You have to ask them what are their fees while you are in the EU, and whether they have travel plans.
If they are too expensive the solution is to buy, either on Amazon before departure, or in the EU, a prepaid SIM card, and connect it as secondary SIM card in your phone, which I hope is dual SIM.
Otherwise, replace your normal SIM and tell your family your new number.

 What can I do to get walking maps of the cities I'll be in into Waze
or Google maps.

My preferred method is to install OSMAnd app, and dowload now the countries of interest.
With a proper secondary SIM card, you can navigate as usual.
Notice that the conditions of a card bought in one country of the EU might be different when you change country, so ask the merchant about that. There are agreements so that the cards work when changing countries, with similar prices (no roaming charges) but there are limits and some differences.
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Cheers, Carlos.