Google One Paid Storage
Google announced the availability of Google One as a storage upgrade option for people in the United States.
Users with paid Google Drive storage plans automatically were upgraded to Google One in the past few months, noted Pavni Diwanji, VP of Google One.
Google One plans begin at US$1.99 for 100 GB. For $2.99, users can get 200 GB, and for $9.99, Google One provides 2 TB. Existing 1-TB plans will be upgraded to 2 TB for free. Pricing for plans that provide more than 2 TB is unchanged.
Google Drive offered the first 15 GB for free. An additional 100 GB cost $1.99, and users could get 1 TB for $9.99, 10 TB for $99.99, and additional storage in 10 TB increments at the same price.
Google One works with Drive and Gmail as well as original quality photos and videos in Google Photos.
Users can share their Google One plan with up to five additional family members, and they will get a breakdown of how much storage each family member uses.
However, that may not be much of a bargain, Jude suggested, because the storage will have to be shared. For example, a 100-GB family plan, at about $24 a year, will cost each person in a family of six $4.
That "seems like a deal until you realize that they each aren't getting 100GB," Jude pointed out.
Google One Features
Google One gives users a breakdown of their storage use. Categories shown in the example on the Google One app page are Google Drive, Gmail, Google Photos, Family and Family Storage.
Members can get in touch with Google Experts 24x7 by tapping their device screen once. They can choose to communicate via chat, phone or email.
Google One offers users extra benefits, beginning with credits on Google Play and deals on hotels found in Google Search. Google Store and Google benefits will be offered in the next few months.
Those member benefits can be accessed from within the app.
The benefits "might be attractive to some users," Jude said. "Google Play has music, apps and so forth. It's the Android equivalent of Apple iTunes and the App Store combined."
The benefits are "about tying people more into the Google ecosystem and giving some reason for app developers to see more spend," noted Holger Mueller, principal analyst at Constellation Research.
What Google One Offers Users
Google One "is a comprehensive, inexpensive data storage service" for consumers, Enderle said, but "I think businesses should avoid it because of privacy concerns."
The service "gives businesses another, consumer-grade option that isn't tech-heavy," Mueller observed. However businesses would still need a separate backup strategy.
It also gives businesses another way to target advertising, Jude pointed out, while consumers would "get access to a lot more storage plus use incentives."
Users with paid Google Drive storage plans automatically were upgraded to Google One in the past few months, noted Pavni Diwanji, VP of Google One.
Google Drive offered the first 15 GB for free. An additional 100 GB cost $1.99, and users could get 1 TB for $9.99, 10 TB for $99.99, and additional storage in 10 TB increments at the same price.
Google One works with Drive and Gmail as well as original quality photos and videos in Google Photos.
Users can share their Google One plan with up to five additional family members, and they will get a breakdown of how much storage each family member uses.
However, that may not be much of a bargain, Jude suggested, because the storage will have to be shared. For example, a 100-GB family plan, at about $24 a year, will cost each person in a family of six $4.
That "seems like a deal until you realize that they each aren't getting 100GB," Jude pointed out.
Google One Features
Google One gives users a breakdown of their storage use. Categories shown in the example on the Google One app page are Google Drive, Gmail, Google Photos, Family and Family Storage.
Members can get in touch with Google Experts 24x7 by tapping their device screen once. They can choose to communicate via chat, phone or email.
Google One offers users extra benefits, beginning with credits on Google Play and deals on hotels found in Google Search. Google Store and Google benefits will be offered in the next few months.
Those member benefits can be accessed from within the app.
The benefits "might be attractive to some users," Jude said. "Google Play has music, apps and so forth. It's the Android equivalent of Apple iTunes and the App Store combined."
The benefits are "about tying people more into the Google ecosystem and giving some reason for app developers to see more spend," noted Holger Mueller, principal analyst at Constellation Research.
What Google One Offers Users
Google One "is a comprehensive, inexpensive data storage service" for consumers, Enderle said, but "I think businesses should avoid it because of privacy concerns."
The service "gives businesses another, consumer-grade option that isn't tech-heavy," Mueller observed. However businesses would still need a separate backup strategy.
It also gives businesses another way to target advertising, Jude pointed out, while consumers would "get access to a lot more storage plus use incentives."
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