Google One is a subscription service developed by Google that offers expanded cloud storage and is intended for the consumer market. Google One paid plans offer cloud storage starting at 30 gigabytes (ailable in Brazil, Mexico, India, and Indonesia only) or 100 gigabytes up to a maximum of 30 terabytes, an expansion from the free basic Google Account storage space of 15 GB, which is shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.[1]
Launched in May 2018, Google One replaced the paid services of Google Drive to emphasize that the program is used by multiple Google Services.[5] The program's raw storage is not accessible by users, but emails, files, and pictures can be added and removed through Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. The various plans include other benefits.[6] The service has over 150 million subscribers as of May 2025[update].[7]
History[edit]Google One was launched in May 2018. The 1 TB plan for Google Drive was upgraded to 2 TB, while the 2 TB plan's price was the same as Google Drive's 1 TB plan (US$9.99). 24/7 support was ailable with all Google One plans.[1] From May to August 2018, Google began upgrading Google Drive users in the United States to Google One. All Google users could get access to Google One in the U.S. free of charge, but without member benefits or upgraded storage.[8]
On October 29, 2020, Google added a VPN service for Google One users on a 2 TB plan or higher;[9] this was discontinued on June 20, 2024.[10][11]
In January 2023, the Google One app passed one billion downloads on Android.[12] In February 2023, the Magic Eraser editing feature in Google Photos previously exclusive to Pixel 6 and 7 owners was made ailable to all Google One users.[13] In March 2023, Google expanded access to the VPN service to all plans and added a dark web monitoring feature for most users.[14] On February 8, 2024, Google introduced the AI Premium plan which provides access to Gemini Advanced and Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Meet.[15] This was replaced the following year by two plans: Google AI Ultra and Google AI Pro, announced at the 2025 Google I/O keynote.[16]
Features[edit]Every Google Account provides 15 GB of storage for Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos. Google One increases the quota to 100 GB or more, depending on the plan, and provides additional functionality such as Google Photos editing, shareable with up to five other people. Non-subscribers can use Google One to back up data from Android or iOS devices, and clean up space in their Google Account with the storage manager.[17]
Google One advertisement, 2019A paid plan provides:
More storage space, depending upon the plan. Support from "Google experts" for Google services ailable 24/7 in the US over chat, email, and phone. Support options elsewhere vary.[1] Automatic phone backup on Android through the Google One app. Dark web monitoring which scans the dark web for the user's personal information.[14] Enhanced editing features such as Magic Eraser—which erases parts of an image and uses AI to fill in the erased section to look like the rest of the background[18]—portrait light, blur, and color pop become ailable on Google Photos.[13][19][20]— Ability for up to five additional family members to share a Google one subscription.[6] Up to 10% cashback on purchases from the Google Store for users in the 200 GB and 2 TB plans. Google Play credits and other benefits from Google services. Gemini Advanced, ailable only in the 2 TB AI Premium Plan.[15] The accounts of Google One subscribers display a modified atar icon. Storage[edit]The storage managed by Google One is used by Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. Price varies in different regions. Storage purchases renew automatically at the end of the subscription period. Users can upgrade their storage plan at any time.
Storage can be shared with up to 5 additional family members, with each person getting the default 15 GB. Files count towards the free default storage before counting towards shared storage. Many items do not take up any extra space: shared files or files in "Shared with me" only use up the owner's quota. Google Pixel phones up to the Pixel 5 allow users to back up an unlimited number of videos and photos that don't count towards the quota.[21][22]
When Google Photos was announced in 2015 free unlimited photo storage was promised. On June 1, 2021, Google removed unlimited storage from the "High quality" (renamed "Storage ser") and "Express quality" settings in Google Photos and Google Docs Editors file formats (except for Google Sites) stored in Google Drive. Users he a storage quota, although photos, videos and Docs Editors files uploaded before June 1 were not affected.[23]
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