To most people, Google Drive is a cloud storage platform used by millions of people. The platform includes a large amount of storage free of charge by default. Quite a few users and businesses require more than the base amount of storage, though. Fortunately, Google Drive offers paid subscriptions for added storage. Someone made the strange decision to call these subscriptions Google Drive as well. Such a branding situation has proven confusing from the start, and finally Google is doing something about it.
Google Announces A Change To Its Paid Cloud Storage Data Plans
Recently, Google announced the introduction of Google One, which replaces Drive data plans. Drive, the cloud storage platform, remains intact and won’t see major changes in the near future. The introduction of Google One, however, will help Google phase out Drive’s paid data plans over the next few months. A staggered rollout will begin in the United States first and hit other regions as time goes on. With this rebranding, data plan subscriptions receive more than a simple name change.
More Features And Some Added Bonuses
Google Drive offers various data plans for cloud storage today. A $1.99 per month plan includes 100GB of storage, and a $9.99 per month plan includes 1TB of storage. When Google One goes live, a $2.99 per month plan will offer 200GB of storage. Also, the 1TB storage plan will double to 2TB of storage without a price increase. All storage plans above 2TB won’t see major changes related to price or storage. Drive currently offers competitive pricing on cloud storage, and Google One will continue that tradition.
Subscribers of Google One are set to receive various benefits, too. For instance, all subscribers can soon access product experts for all of Google’s services and products. One subscribers may receive perks like travel discounts and Google Play credits while searching the web. A final change sees One subscribers being able to share their data with family members, which makes every storage plan a family plan. In this case, up to five family members can share an allotment of cloud storage data per account.
Google intends to switch existing Google Drive customers over to Google One in the coming months. Nothing will change for new and existing subscribers, although existing subscribers will gain various perks they couldn’t access before. In the end, Google One helps differentiate paid cloud storage data from the Google Drive cloud storage platform. It might seem like a small change, but the move should keep things clear and simple for potential users. Or more info, visit bgr.com.
