{"id":278009,"date":"2024-04-12T03:23:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=330053"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:44:07","slug":"bad-news-for-google-users-google-ones-vpn-is-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bad-news-for-google-users-google-ones-vpn-is-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad news for Google users: Google One&#8217;s VPN is closing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2020, Google added a new feature as part of its Google One cloud storage service. Now, adding another corpse <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/google-gets-rid-of-another-one-of-its-programs-one-more-tomb-in-the-graveyard-of-the-tech-giant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"to Google's cemetery, one of the largest in the industry.\">to Google&#8217;s cemetery, one of the largest in the industry.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NordVPN\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6edeb839-ad87-4a36-8a90-f8c37d491340\/3902757110\/nordvpn-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NordVPN<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/go.nordvpn.net\/aff_c?offer_id=30&amp;aff_id=29822&amp;aff_sub=articles24\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/go.nordvpn.net\/aff_c?offer_id=30&amp;aff_id=29822&amp;aff_sub=articles24\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/google-one-giveaway-vpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"It was simply called VPN by Google One\">It was simply called VPN by Google One<\/a> and it was included to offer people an easy way to encrypt their Internet data. The service was available to subscribers who paid for plans that included 2 TB of cloud storage and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, that service will soon no longer be available for those uses. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/04\/11\/google-one-vpn-discontinued\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"9to5Google\">9to5Google<\/a> reports that Google One subscribers have received an email this week informing them that <strong>VPN by Google One will stop working at some point &#8220;by the end of this year&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWqeZ5Lkgn\">https:\/\/t.co\/OWqeZ5Lkgn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Verge (@verge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verge\/status\/1778701545053249596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;We closed it because we didn&#8217;t use it either&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The email sent to Google One users did not provide a specific reason for the closure of the VPN feature<\/strong>. However, according to a statement from a company spokesperson to 9to5Google, it is being closed because the team &#8220;found that people simply weren&#8217;t using it&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement added that removing the feature will allow the team to &#8220;support more demanded features with Google One&#8221;. Which translates to: we are going to focus on something that has real use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the VPN feature of Google One will soon no longer be available, <strong>owners of Google Pixel 7 smartphones and above will still be able to use their built-in Google VPN service for free<\/strong>. Google will also continue to offer a VPN feature for subscribers of its Google Fi wireless service.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NordVPN\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6edeb839-ad87-4a36-8a90-f8c37d491340\/3902757110\/nordvpn-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NordVPN<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/go.nordvpn.net\/aff_c?offer_id=30&amp;aff_id=29822&amp;aff_sub=articles24\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/go.nordvpn.net\/aff_c?offer_id=30&amp;aff_id=29822&amp;aff_sub=articles24\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been recent reports that Google&#8217;s VPN services were disrupting DNS settings on Windows 10 and 11 with their own configuration, and <strong>Google has not stated whether this was one of the reasons behind the closure of Google One VPN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was simply called VPN by Google One and was included to offer people an easy way to encrypt their internet data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":278011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1852],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-278009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-vpn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313843,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278009\/revisions\/313843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278009"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=278009"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=278009"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=278009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}