Google is preparing to say goodbye to a service at the end of 2024. The decision has been made: the company’s motivation.
The company of Mountain View has decided to permanently stop running a major service at the end of this year. The decision made is linked to a very specific reason that left no room for maneuver.
Google is certainly one of the most important companies of the digital age, capable of offering a very large number of services and platforms. However, what is offered is not always used by network users and this choice leads to managers to think about how to continue with a specific service. After careful consideration, the top management of the American company decided to close the chapter relating to the Google One VPN. This service will be closed at the end of 2024 but can be used on different devices.
Google has decided: to close the VPN at the end of 2024
The next few months will mark the definitive release of Google VPN within the Google One service both from any subscription plan and for mobile devices and Windows or Mac computers. This service it will remain active only for Pixel phones starting from series 7.
This decision was revealed in advance at 9to5Googlebut in one Pixel smartphone support page a notice has appeared highlighting the gradual closure of VPN by Google One in 2024. Pixel owners, however, will be able to continue to have access to the service via the VPN integrated into the smartphone at no additional cost.
Google explained to the portal 9to5Google that they made this decision because they discovered that users were not using VPN. For this reason they sanctioned the elimination of the service to allow the team to concentrate work on the most requested functions of Google One.
The VPN from the American company does not allow you to choose the server connection location, reducing options for users including bypassing geo-restrictions to access content blocked in certain regions. Most Google VPN users they use the service above all to improve their online privacy when connecting to public connections.
Google’s VPN, therefore, will definitively disappear from many devices but will remain active only in Pixel 7 and later models. The service in Google smartphones was introduced in 2022 to coincide with the presentation of the hardware in question, while the birth of the function occurred in October 2020.
