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Back in October of 2020, Google One introduced a VPN that later became available on all plans and platforms. Google announced today that the VPN by Google One is shutting down in the coming months.
It was originally pitched as providing an “extra layer of online protection for your Android phone” and “peace of mind that your data is safe,” with the company publishing a white paper that detailed how it works. Additionally, Google had a third-party audit of the system and open sourced the client APIs.
At the moment, this VPN is available in the Google One apps for Android and iOS, while Mac and Windows clients are also available. It originally required a $9.99 per month Premium plan, but was brought down to the $1.99/mo offering in March of 2023.
Google is now “discontinuing the VPN feature as [they] found people simply weren’t using it.” The company tells 9to5Google that the deprecation will let the team “refocus” and “support more in-demand features with Google One.”
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It was originally pitched as providing an “extra layer of online protection for your Android phone” and “peace of mind that your data is safe,” with the company publishing a white paper that detailed how it works. Additionally, Google had a third-party audit of the system and open sourced the client APIs.
At the moment, this VPN is available in the Google One apps for Android and iOS, while Mac and Windows clients are also available. It originally required a $9.99 per month Premium plan, but was brought down to the $1.99/mo offering in March of 2023.
Google is now “discontinuing the VPN feature as [they] found people simply weren’t using it.” The company tells 9to5Google that the deprecation will let the team “refocus” and “support more in-demand features with Google One.”
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