As we anticipated last week, the VPN will no longer be part of the package Google One, not even for those who dip into their wallet and agree to face a monthly expense for subscribing to the premium subscription. The Mountain View group is communicating this to its users/customers in recent days, with a message that opens like this.
Thank you for subscribing to Google One, which gives you extra storage, family sharing, and more. We are writing to let you know that some updates to your Google One subscription are scheduled starting on myddio 15. These changes are designed to optimize your benefits and, at the same time, provide our members with a high-quality experience.
What’s new for your Google One subscription
Which ones changes it deals with? In short, bigG has decided to make some features free for everyone that until now remained exclusive to paying users. It will happen in the middle of next month. Below we report what we read in the email we just received.
Expanded access to some of our most popular features. Starting on myddio 15, we’ll make advanced editing features like the Magic Eraser and Portrait Light available to all Google Photos users with an eligible device. Additionally, we will make the Dark Web report available to all eligible Google Accounts in the coming months.
With regard to Magic Eraser And Portrait Light in Photo, as anticipated last week, will be accessible without any expense on Chromebook Plus with ChromeOS (version 118 or later, with at least 3 GB of RAM), on Android (version 8.0 or later) and on iOS (version 15 or later). However, regarding the Dark Web reportsSupervised and Workspace accounts are not eligible.
Magic Editor will be available to more users. Starting in May, Magic Editor, Google Photos’ most advanced editing tool, will be available to all Google Photos users, who will be able to make complex edits intuitively thanks to generative AI. You will be able to save up to 10 projects each month in Magic Editor.
About this, Magic Editor It is not available for some devices that do not meet the minimum system requirements. For further information, please refer to the assistance centre.
No more VPN for premium subscribers
Finally, here’s the step about abandoned tools. It’s about the free shipping for prints from Google Photos and of the already vine VPN.
Two offers are retired. In an effort to continue offering popular features and benefits, starting myddio 15, free shipping will no longer be available on select Google Photos print orders (in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union) , while later in the year the Google One VPN will no longer be available.
However, no changes are foreseen regarding the storage space (the fee depends on the subscription formula, from 100 GB upwards) and for the sharing with the family group (up to a maximum of five members).
Google One Subscription: Is It Still Worth It?
All things considered, Google One subscribers are about to see two premium features disappear until now reserved exclusively for them, while others will become free for everyone.
Furthermore, there are no plans to increase the amount of cloud space available for uploading files and bigG has not announced the arrival of other features reserved for them. The question is legitimate: the subscription is still affordable? The only silver lining is that no price increases have been announced yet.
