Following the launch of 5G services at the India Mobile Congress a few days back, Airtel today launched its 5G Plus services in 8 top cities in the country. With 5G, Airtel promises up to 30x faster downloads compared to 4G that lets you download a movie in seconds, enjoy 4K videos without buffering, and experience smooth, new-age gaming, AR/VR.
Airtel’s 5G uses non-standalone (NSA) mode that works with most phones, and the existing Airtel 4G SIM is 5G enabled, so you don’t need to switch SIMs. All 5G enabled smartphones in India work with Airtel 5G.
You need to go to the settings tab and get to connections or mobile network, and select the 5G network mode to use the 5G services. Some OEMs are pushing a software update to enable the 5G bands.
To make your work easier, we have listed out the device models that are compatible with Airtel 5G Plus:
Apple (Software update awaited)
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE 2022
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
Samsung (5G ready)
- Galaxy A53 5G
- Galaxy A33 5G
- Galaxy S21 FE
- Galaxy S22
Galaxy S22+ - Galaxy S22 Ultra
- Galaxy M33
- Galaxy Z Flip4
- Galaxy Z Fold4
- Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Samsung (Software update awaited)
- Galaxy S21
- Galaxy S21 Plus
- Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Galaxy Z fold 2
- Galaxy F42 5G
- Galaxy A52s 5G
- Galaxy M52 5G
- Galaxy Z Flip3
- Galaxy Z Fold3
- Galaxy A22 5G
- Galaxy S20FE 5G
- Galaxy M32 5G
- Galaxy F23 5G
- Galaxy A73
- Galaxy M42 5G
- Galaxy M53
- Galaxy M13
Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO (5G Ready)
- Mi 10
- Mi 10i
- Mi 10T
- Mi 10T pro
- Mi 11 Ultra
- Mi 11X Pro
- Mi 11X
- POCO M3 Pro 5G
- POCO F3 GT
- Mi 11 Lite NE (K9D)
- Redmi Note 11T 5G
- Xiaomi 11T Pro
- Xiaomi K16 Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge
- Redmi Note 10T 5G
- Redmi Note 11 Pro+
- POCO M4 5G
- POCO M4 Pro 5G
- Xiaomi 12 pro
- Mi 11i
- Redimi 11 Prime 5G
- POCO F4 5G
- POCO X4 pro
- Redmi K50i
realme (5G Ready)
- realme 8s 5G
- realme X7 Max 5G
- realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G
- realme X7 5G
- realme X7 Pro 5G
- realme 8 5G
- realme X50 Pro
- realme GT 5G
- realme GT Master Edition
- realme GT Neo2
- realme 9 5G
- realme 9 Pro
- realme 9 Pro+
- realme Narzo 30 5G
- realme 9 Speed Edition
- realme GT 2
- realme GT 2 pro
- realme GT Neo 3
- realme Narzo 50 5G
- realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G
OnePlus (5G Ready)
- OnePlus Nord
- OnePlus 9
- OnePlus 9 Pro
- OnePlus Nord CE 5G
- OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G
- OnePlus 10 Pro
- OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G
- OnePlus 10R
- OnePlus Nord 2T
- OnePlus 10T
OnePlus (Software update awaited)
- OnePlus 8
- OnePlus 8T
- OnePlus 8 Pro
- OnePlus 9 RT
- OnePlus Nord 2
- OnePlus 9R
OPPO (5G Ready)
- Reno Pro 5G
- Reno 6
- Reno 6 pro
- F19 Pro+ 5G
- OPPO A53s 5G
- OPPO A74 5G
- Reno 7 Pro 5G
- F21 Pro 5G
- Reno 7
- Reno 8
- Reno 8 pro
- K10 5G
- F21s Pro 5G
OPPO (Software update awaited)
vivo and iQOO (5G Ready)
- iQOO 3 5G
- vivo X50 Pro
- vivo V20 Pro
- vivo X60 Pro+
- vivo X60
- vivo X60 Pro
- vivo iQOO7
- vivo iQOO 7 Legend
- vivo V21 5G
- vivo iQOO Z3
- vivo V21e
- vivo X70 Pro
- vivo X70 Pro+
- vivo IQOO Z5 5G
- vivo Y72 5G
- vivo V23 5G
- vivo V23 Pro 5G
- vivo V23e 5G
- vivo T1 5G
- vivo Y75 5G
- vivo iQOO 9 Pro
- vivo IQOO 9
- vivo iQOO 9 SE
- vivo T1 PRO
- Vivo iQOO Z6 5G
- vivo X80
- vivo X80 pro
- vivo iQOO 9T
- vivo V25
- vivo V25 Pro
- vivo Y55 5G
- vivo Y55s 5G
Airtel has not listed the Pixel 6a, so the phone might need a software update to access 5G services. The company has also not listed any motorola phones for some reason, so we will update once Airtel adds them.
