{"id":2433,"date":"2018-07-27T05:58:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T05:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/govinddas.com\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2018-07-27T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T06:00:21","slug":"upgrade-to-google-one-from-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/govinddas.com\/index.php\/upgrade-to-google-one-from-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade to Google One from Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Upgrade to Google One from Drive<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cc\">\n<p>Right now, only people with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/2375123\">paid Drive plans<\/a>\u00a0can get Google One. Google One will be more widely available in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>With Google One, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get more storage on Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.<\/li>\n<li>Call or chat with experts to answer your questions about Google products and services.<\/li>\n<li>Use extra benefits to get more out of Google.<\/li>\n<li>Share your membership with up to 5 family members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"action-button\" href=\"https:\/\/one.google.com\/getupdates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Express interest &amp; get updates<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What changes when you upgrade<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get storage through your Google One membership, which will become your new storage limit. You&#8217;ll no longer buy storage through Google Drive.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleone\/answer\/9004014\">Learn how your existing storage works with Google One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you pay for extra storage with Google Drive, you&#8217;ll be automatically upgraded to Google One for free. The cost of your plan will stay the same or decrease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Going forward, you\u2019ll also be able to share your storage quota with up to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/families.google.com\/families\">five family members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1639218\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-14_0906.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"179\" \/>That by itself would be interesting, given how easy it is to max out 100 GB with 4K videos and high-res images these days, but there is one other feature here that explains the new brand name: free one-tap access to Google Experts for help with any Google consumer product and service.<\/p>\n<p>That access to live experts \u2014 not some barely functional AI chatbot \u2014 comes with every Google One plan, including the $1.99\/month 100 GB plan. In the U.S., these experts will be available 24\/7 over chat, email and phone. In other countries, this lineup of support options may vary, but the company tells me that its objective is \u201cto provide users with great one-tap support and constantly improve it over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Google already offered 24\/7 support for paying business users with a G Suite account, but this is the first time it actively offers live support for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth stressing that the existing free quota of 15 GB will remain.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to access to experts, the company also promises to provide subscribers with other benefits. Google One\u2019s director Larissa Fontaine told me that those could include discounts on hotels you find in Google Search, preferred rates for other Google services or credits on Google Play. \u201cWe hope to build those out over time,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1639220\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-14_0902.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"351\" \/>Brandon Badger, Google\u2019s group product manager for Google One, told that the team looked at how people use the storage plan. Users now have more devices, shoot more 4K video and share those files with more family members, who in turn also have more devices. \u201cWe are looking with this plan to accommodate that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Fontaine noted that users with paid storage accounts also tend to be heavy Google users in general, so combining storage and support seemed logical.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, this isn\u2019t an immediate change. Over the course of the next few months, Google will upgrade all existing storage plans to Google One accounts starting in the U.S., with a global rollout after that. Google also tells me that it will roll out a new Android app to help users manage their plans (not their files).<\/p>\n<p>While the focus of today\u2019s announcement is on storage, it\u2019s hard not to look at this new offering in the context of the additional support and other bonus features that Google promises. Google One is clearly about more than simply a better storage plan offering. Instead, it feels like the beginning of a new, more ambitious offering that could be expanded to include other services over time. Maybe a single subscription to all Google consumer services, including Drive, YouTube Red and Play Music (or whatever becomes of that)? Despite its name, Google One is currently only one of many subscription services the company offers, after all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed breakout\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_2433\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"2433\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/govinddas.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrade to Google One from Drive Right now, only people with\u00a0paid Drive plans\u00a0can get Google One. Google One will be more widely available in the coming months. With Google One, you can: Get more storage on Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Call or chat with experts to answer your questions about Google products and services. Use extra benefits to get more out of Google. Share your membership with up to 5 family members. 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