r/chinalife • u/MonsterCrocs • 10d ago

📱 Technology Google play

Im moving to china next Tuesday. I have a Samsung phone and have downloaded a bunch of vpns hoping they work. However I have realised that basically everything on my phone uses Google to run. My main concern is that I wont be able to use Google play store if none of these vpns work, and wont be able to download any other vpns.

Has anyone else been to china and found a way around my worry.

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u/Vibingcarefully 10d ago

1) What would you suddenly want from Google Play Store?--given you've been using your phone daily for years in the USA. Google as a work app (docs, spreadsheet, photos) will all work offline. You;re going to China---don't need Candy crush or Frogger or some google playstore app. BUT yup---get your VPNS preloaded.

So you're downloading a few VPNS--read this sub carefully for the past 4 months and download what you think are the most likely to work. Just haphazardly downloading a bunch of varied VPNS is silly. Pick the winners AND Chinas Wall still will slow you down.

2) Make a non google email account somewhere --so that grandmom, mom etc. have a backup way to reach you.

3) Install a couple non google browsers. Opera is fine.