Google Lets Personal Accounts Stay on No-Cost G Suite Legacy Free Edition

Google is letting customers keep on G Suite legacy free version plan for private use because the no-cost different. The tech big had introduced in January that G Suite legacy free version plan will not be accessible beginning July 1 this yr. Google had mentioned that it was engaged on a no-cost choice for G Suite legacy customers to allow them to transfer their content material and knowledge. Old customers will probably be ready to join the no-cost Legacy G Suite till June 27. G Suite, Google’s cloud-based suite of productiveness and collaboration instruments, was launched in 2006 as Google Apps and later rebranded and named as Workspace.

The American firm had introduced in January that G Suite legacy free version plan will not be accessible beginning July 1 this yr. Users may retain entry to their accounts by switching to a paid Google Workspace plan. For enterprise starters, the Google Workspace plan was priced at Rs. 125 per 30 days per person in India. Google’s choice to pressure early G Suite customers to pay a month-to-month price to proceed to make use of the customized domain-based service was criticised.

A number of days later, Google mentioned it was engaged on a no-cost choice to assist G Suite legacy customers to allow them to transfer their content material and knowledge.

Google has now decided to let customers keep on G Suite legacy free version plan for private use because the no-cost different. The firm has mentioned that the customers can proceed utilizing their customized area with Gmail, retain entry to no-cost Google providers resembling Google Drive and Google Meet, and hold their purchases and knowledge. Users have posted on Reddit in regards to the choice going reside. The screenshot reveals the choice “Personal use: stay on no-cost Legacy G Suite,” the place customers can opt-out of the automated transition by confirming that their legacy subscription is for private use. Old customers will be capable of sign-up for the no-cost Legacy G Suite till June 27.

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The account of customers who do not take any motion will probably be suspended beginning on August 1, 2022. To reactivate the account, customers will both have to improve to Google Workspace or decide out of the transition for non-commercial use.