If you happen to’re — apparently, one of many few folks — utilizing the VPN service that comes with Google One, we have got dangerous information for you. In an electronic mail 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 function again in 2020, however you possibly can solely entry it then when you’re paying for a plan with at the least 2TB of storage, which prices at the least $10 a month. Final yr, the corporate expanded its availability throughout all One plans, together with the essential $2-per-month choice, making it extra reasonably priced than earlier than.
For the time being, you may entry One’s VPN service when you’re in one of many 22 international locations the place it is lively, whether or not you are on iOS or Android. You may also use it to masks your web utilization on a Mac or Home windows pc. Google did not say when the VPN service will cease working utterly, but it surely advised 9to5Google that it is discontinuing the function as a result of “folks merely weren’t utilizing it.” As a substitute of attempting to drum up curiosity, it is redirecting its sources to assist different and extra in-demand One options. Nevertheless, you will nonetheless be capable to use the free VPN that comes with Pixel gadgets even after One’s shuts down by means of the Settings app on Pixel 7 gadgets and newer fashions.