Existing customers will also be affected: Google is removing the Google One feature without replacing it

In some situations, it may make sense to route your traffic through a VPN, which may increase security over public WiFi networks, for example, and such a system may also be more or less important for the survival of opposition members in less democratic countries. countries. In addition, VPNs also allow you to simulate a different location of the website or service being accessed in order to bypass geo-blocking, for example.

Google offers this VPN service with fairly strong integration into its own ecosystem. Specifically, the service is part of the Google One package, which combines several services, such as a large online storage service. Google One VPN launched in October 2020, and as we just learned, it's likely not even four years old.

Google announced that it will discontinue the service in the coming months, citing low user interest as a reason. By turning off the VPN, the team will be able to focus more on urgently needed features for Google One.

Google has not yet announced exactly when the feature will disappear. But the function will remain available to smartphone users Google Pixel 7where buyers of these smartphones are promised the functionality of the VPN service for a full five years, that is, until 2027. Existing Google One customers who no longer have access to the feature in the future will have to look for a new VPN provider.