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Verizon:  Please bring back the Preferred Network Type option in the Android Settings menu. Other major carriers allow their users to easily switch between network types (4G LTE, 5G, etc,)  from within the phones Settings menu. 

With Android 13 the Preferred Network Type option is up to the network carriers to decide if the option appears or not within the Settings menu. Google gave the control of that option to carriers like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. On Verizon phones we no longer have an option to select Preferred Network Type. The same phone on other carriers DOES have that option. So it's clear that Verizon removed the option from phones operating on the Verizon network. We used to be able to change from 4G LTE to 5G or 5G to 4G LTE from within Settings, but Verizon took it away with Android 13. 5G is usually pretty good in my area,  but when it does go down like yesterday it's frustrating that we can't easily switch over to LTE temporarily with a simple toggle in Settings.