Watch out ExpressVPN, Google is making a play for the VPN market

Date:
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:11:13 +0000

Description:
Google is launching its VPN service in a bunch of additional countries after
a successful trial.

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After a successful trial period, Google has announced its in-house VPN
service is now rolling out to a wider range of countries, beyond just the US.

Bundled with Google One cloud storage subscriptions (2TB or larger), the VPN service will soon be available in seven new countries: Mexico, Canada,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Once rollout is complete, customers based in these countries will be able to enable the service via the Google One app for Android. Google also intends to bring the service to iOS, macOS and Windows soon enough, but specific timings remain unclear. Here's our list of the best Windows 10 VPN services right now Check out our list of the best Mac VPN services around We've built a list of the best Android VPN apps out there Google One VPN

The most affordable way to access Googles VPN service is via the 2TB Google One subscription, which costs $9.99/7.99 per month .

For comparison, ExpressVPN subscriptions start at $8.32 per month, with the obvious caveat that they come with none of the additional benefits of Google One (cloud storage, account sharing, discount in Google Store etc.).

Admittedly, Googles predominantly security-focused service will not immediately threaten the giants of the consumer VPN space, which allow users to throw their IP address to hundreds of locations worldwide and are built
for maximum performance.

However, as we wrote when Googles VPN was first announced, the entrance of Google into the market could push the likes of Apple (with Apple One), Amazon (with Prime) and Microsoft (with Microsoft 365) to follow suit with bundles
of their own. After all, the cost of spinning up a VPN service would be comparatively low for these companies, who already own hundreds of thousands of server racks worldwide.

In the near future, its not difficult to imagine the consolidation of the kinds of services web users rely on every day: a single package that offers VPN, cloud storage, antivirus , productivity tools , a password manager and more. Check out our list of the best iPhone VPN apps available



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