At the end of October 2020 Google has announced that subscribers to Google One plans will get access to a VPN service No additional costs. Of course, the full deployment of this service took some time, as it was carried out gradually on the various platforms it intended to reach, to the point that the process was not completed until two years later, in November 2022, with its jump to Windows and macOS . And a year ago, the technology company expanded the scope of this service to all paying customers, since until now it was only offered in tariffs with a capacity of two terabytes or more.

So if we go to the main website of Google One, we will see that the VPN service is included in the list of subscription benefits, and of course all subscribers can currently use the virtual private network service on your devices. However, as we read on Wccftech, that is about to change since then Google is removing the Google One VPN serviceabout which he would already start informing some of his clients.

There is no concrete drop date for the VPN service at this time, only that much is known it will be at the end of the year, although we assume Google will communicate this well in advance to give its users enough time to look for an alternative. Now it seems that not too much will be affected and the reason the company is giving for this measure is that from what they are proposing, the volume of use of Google One VPN by its users is quite low.

Google One VPN allows you to guarantee data privacy when using unsecured networks, but unlike other services of this type It does not allow editing the geographical location through which we “go” to the Internet, one of the big draws of this type of service for many people, as it allows you to bypass regional website blocks. This was probably the main reason why its usage volume was not higher. Google confirms that it does The VPN service will continue to be available and free for Pixel usersboth for the 8 Series (and potentially those to come in the future) and the previous generations that will arrive soon.

In a few days, yes, Google has “subtracted” two features that were exclusive to Google One subscribers. The day before yesterday, we told you that AI-based photo and video editing features would be available to everyone, and today the service’s VPN crash. So I wonder if the search engine has something ready to make its subscription service attractive again thanks to its exclusive features.