Google One is shutting down its VPN feature later this year

When you’re — apparently, one of many few individuals — utilizing the VPN service that comes with Google One, we have got unhealthy information for you. In an email you are going to obtain from Google if you have not gotten it but, it revealed that it is phasing out the perk someday later this yr. The corporate rolled out Google One’s VPN characteristic again in 2020, however you would solely entry it then for those who’re paying for a plan with at the very least 2TB of storage, which prices at the very least $10 a month. Final yr, the corporate expanded its availability throughout all One plans, together with the fundamental $2-per-month possibility, making it extra inexpensive than earlier than.

For the time being, you may entry One’s VPN service for those who’re in one of many 22 nations the place it is energetic, whether or not you are on iOS or Android. You can too use it to masks your web utilization on a Mac or Windows computer. Google did not say when the VPN service will cease working fully, but it surely informed 9to5Google that it is discontinuing the characteristic as a result of “individuals merely weren’t utilizing it.” As an alternative of making an attempt to drum up curiosity, it is redirecting its sources to assist different and extra in-demand One options. Nonetheless, you may nonetheless be capable to use the free VPN that comes with Pixel gadgets even after One’s shuts down by way of the Settings app on Pixel 7 gadgets and newer fashions.