{"id":27424,"date":"2025-08-27T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/27424\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:16:07","slug":"google-launches-new-device-protection-program-called-pixel-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/27424\/","title":{"rendered":"Google launches new device protection program called Pixel Care+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google is rolling out a new device protection program called Pixel Care+, the tech giant <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/pixel\/google-pixel-care-plus-device-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday. Pixel Care+ will replace Google Preferred Care and Fi Device Protection in the U.S., and current monthly subscribers will be transitioned to the new program in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/pixel\/google-pixel-care-plus-device-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">blog post<\/a> that Pixel Care+ provides a \u201chigher level of coverage, service, and peace of mind for Google hardware owners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new program includes unlimited claims for accidental damage, extended warranty claims, and mechanical damage. It also comes with  $0 screen and battery repairs, $0 post-warranty malfunction claims, genuine Google parts and replacements, priority support from Pixel experts, self-service claims through the Google Store website, and optional added loss and theft coverage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"376\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pixel-care-plus.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3040556\"  \/><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Pixel Care+ users get free upgraded shipping on replacements, including next-day shipping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.google.com\/magazine\/pixel_care?utm_source=keyword&amp;utm_medium=google_oo&amp;utm_campaign=GS108548&amp;utm_content=in_article&amp;hl=en-US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google\u2019s website<\/a> has a breakdown for pricing based on different devices. For example, Pixel Care+ for a Pixel 10 costs $10 per month or $199 for two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pixel Care+ is available in the U.S. starting Wednesday for new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/store\/answer\/16496166?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">eligible devices<\/a>, which include the Pixel 8 and up, the Pixel Watch 2 and up, the Pixel Tablet, the Fitbit Ace LTE, the Fitbit Versa 4, the Fitbit Sense 2, the Fitbit Charge 6, and the Fitbit Inspire 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program can be added within 60 days of purchase. Users can\u00a0open a claim directly from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.google.com\/us\/pixel-care?utm_source=keyword&amp;utm_medium=google_oo&amp;utm_campaign=GS108548&amp;utm_content=in_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google Store<\/a>\u00a0and select a location and time for the repair. Or, they can file a claim directly in the My Pixel App.<\/p>\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 27-29, 2025\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google is rolling out a new device protection program called Pixel Care+, the tech giant announced on Wednesday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,823,19,17,8005,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-27424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-pixel","13":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}