Google rebrands Google Drive to Google One

[AlTech]

In a rather surprising move, Google has rebranded their Google Drive offerings to Google One.

 

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For some reason, Google is rebranding Google Drive storage plans under the name Google One. Along with the rebranding, Google is also improving its pricing in ways that give customers more options and more storage at lower prices. It marks the service’s first price cut in four years.

Google One plans start at the same place as Google Drive plans — $1.99 per month for 100GB of additional storage — but the situation improves after that. Google is introducing a new $2.99-per-month tier, which includes 200GB of storage, and it’s upgrading the $9.99-per-month tier to include 2TB of storage instead of 1TB.

We signed up for a 2TB storage option to try out Google One. The process is simple, you just head into Google Drive and click on Storage, then Upgrade Storage, to bring up all the possible upgrades.

 

The features they are offering with Google One are basically the same as Google Drive and the prices will remain the same.

 

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As for the name change, we suspect Google decided to introduce the “One” brand to clarify that this storage isn’t just limited to Drive but is also used for Gmail and Photos. Ultimately, though, today’s changes largely amount to a different name on the same product, alongside two tweaked pricing tiers.

 

 

 

So yeah, I feel like this was a totally unnecessary move and really will just confuse normies in the short term.

 

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/15/17693006/google-one-cloud-storage-plans-launch

[Semper]

You act as though you haven't seen the paradigm shifts over on YouTube that change nothing but make it senselessly less user friendly.

This is what Google does. Change things for the sake of changing things.

Thing is, they can get away with it too because there isn't a singular powerhouse to contest the level of intertwined in day-to-day computer technology usage that Google has.

[GoldenLag]

Its all in One drive...... Onedrive

 

Really google?

[Spotty]

10 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Its all in One drive...... Onedrive

 

Really google?

At least it's not "Google iOne" (or I guess "Google OneCloud")

[NMS]

Are they trying to drive customers to OneDrive by misleading those who don't know the difference between the two?

[GoldenLag]

13 minutes ago, Spotty said:

At least it's not "Google iOne" (or I guess "Google OneCloud")

Could be "Google iOneiDrive'

[AlTech]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

Could be "Google iOneiDrive'

Google iOneDrive

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Google iOneDrive

Thought of that first, but they could come into trouble by just putting an "i" in front

[AlTech]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

Thought of that first, but they could come into trouble by just putting an "i" in front

GoogleDriveOne?

[NumLock21]

Google one?!

 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

GoogleDriveOne?

OneiGoogleDrive?

[TVwazhere]

inb4 "If Google One was so great, why wasnt there a Google Two" jokes

[Spotty]

11 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

inb4 "If Google One was so great, why wasnt there a Google Two" jokes

Should I upgrade to Google One or should I keep my Google 360?

[NumLock21]

If i ever get a cat. I'm going to name it Pussy One.

 

[Sakkura]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

Google one?!

 

Also known as 10¹⁰⁰ + 1

[Gealach]

Me reading the title: "Wait, what, why?"

 

Me 5 seconds later: *Remembers the mess which is Google Chat*

[Sniperfox47]

3 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

In a rather surprising move, Google has rebranded their Google Drive offerings to Google One.

 

 

The features they are offering with Google One are basically the same as Google Drive and the prices will remain the same.

 

 

 

 

So yeah, I feel like this was a totally unnecessary move and really will just confuse normies in the short term.

 

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/15/17693006/google-one-cloud-storage-plans-launch

The idea is that Google Drive is the storage solution. Google One is a single subscription that includes Google Drive(Google One Storage?) space and other Google related features. 

2 hours ago, huilun02 said:

Didn't they already change it to 'Backup and Sync' not long ago?

Its probably the manager in charge of Google Drive handing out another easy raise/promotion to someone who spent a night w him.

No one there really give a shit because any announcement gives the company more publicity no matter how pointless it is.

Fookin rebrands. Everyone still, and will always, know of it as Google Drive.

Backup and Sync is the revamped Desktop Client for Google Drive. It got a new name because it was a massive revamp and they didn't want people confusing the old client with the new one when they were instructed to download it. Also it does stuff with Google Photos and stuff too now, not just Drive.

 

Google Drive is continuing to exist, it's not a rebranding of the storage system afaik just of the subscription plans. The Google One app just refers to it as "Storage" but it still links users to the Google Drive app and http://drive.google.com .

[Okjoek]

K

[lewdicrous]

1 hour ago, Sakkura said:

Also known as 10¹⁰⁰ + 1

Nerd.

[mrchow19910319]

before they change their stupid name, someone at google fix this issue please....

contacted them at their google product forum, realised that I am not the only one who is having this problem, 

got replied a few times, then the thread is pretty much dead... 

 

[Syntaxvgm]

They should have committed went full Microsoft and rebranded it and old product so you can't search it anymore. 

Like they should call it Google Reader or something. 

[Peter S]

Well, I hope that Google One is a better one. And the question is, how does Google Drive work and how much are Google One plan. I wish that this new features and pricing plan will really be beneficial to the users.

[vorticalbox]

5 hours ago, huilun02 said:

Didn't they already change it to 'Backup and Sync' not long ago?

Its probably the manager in charge of Google Drive handing out another easy raise/promotion to someone who spent a night w him.

No one there really give a shit because any announcement gives the company more publicity no matter how pointless it is.

Fookin rebrands. Everyone still, and will always, know of it as Google Drive.

No they just renamed the desktop sync app from Google drive to that

[Doobeedoo]

Hm ok these name changes, it just sound so unspecified. 

[ZacoAttaco]

Bad decision, really bad decision. Especially because Google One is now such a generic name, especially with them already doing Android One. Google One does not give me any insight onto what the service really is. With OneDrive and iCloud it is much easier to tell what the service provides.

 

The only logical reason to make this decision is to appeal more to the enterprise market as Google One does sound more corporate.