Google One's VPN perk comes to the UK and six other countries

(Pocket-lint) - Google fleshed retired itzs Google One work past autumn with a virtual backstage network perk designed to support your online privateness portion connected the go. Now, it's expanding the diagnostic internationally, including to the UK.

If you’re a Google One subscriber, you tin get entree to Google's VPN wrong the Google One app. You request to subscribe to astatine slightest the 2TB Google One plan, however. Google said you tin leverage the VPN portion utilizing immoderate app connected your phone. Better yet, if you've acceptable up household sharing with Google One, 5 different radical tin entree the VPN, too. Keep successful caput astir prime mobile VPN services tin outgo up to $15 a month.

Google's VPN work is disposable successful the US arsenic good arsenic 7 caller countries arsenic of 11 August 2021. Those see the UK, Mexico, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy, arsenic archetypal noticed by 9to5Google. There are a fewer limitations, similar that you tin lone usage the work successful 1 of the supported countries. Google said: "You won’t beryllium capable to link to VPN by Google One if you are traveling to an unsupported country".

Also, the Google One VPN won’t fto you entree contented from a antithetic state oregon portion by assigning an IP code from that location. Instead, it volition “assign you an IP code based connected your existent state truthful that websites tin amusement you the close contented for your region".

Finally, the Google One VPN is inactive lone disposable connected Android devices. It's supposedly coming to iOS, Windows, and Mac astatine immoderate point.

For much astir however Google One works, spot Pocket-lint's guide.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 11 August 2021.