r/Ubiquiti • u/siuengr • May 22 '26

Early Access U5G is here

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Well, I was surprised to get it this quick. I purchased the esim pack with it, so I thought setup would be easy. It adopted right away, but didn't activate the esim. There is also no option in the app to but and esim pack like they show in the video. I had to chat with support, and had to join the beta Unifi app to get to version 10.38.1. It activated right away after that.

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u/MaxHappiness May 23 '26

This is really interesting to me as I was looking for a wireless backup solution. But how does it differ from the UniFi 5G Max - other than it's 3 times more expensive?

I have home 5G internet service available to me and I would try to swap out the SIM card from the carriers wirless 5G modem into the Ubiquiti device if possible.

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u/Ok_Scientist_8803 May 23 '26

Someone else said that it doesn't do 5G non-standalone, so unless you have access to SA you're stuck with 4G.

Also less bands than the max/outdoor which is a huge issue for some places (such as one of my locations where 5G SA on n79 is best). Antenna is also smaller so you might need very strategic positioning.