Google is letting users stay on G Suite legacy free edition plan for personal use as the no-cost alternative. As Google announce in January that G Suite legacy free edition plan will no longer be available starting from 1st July 2022.
Google had said that it was working on a no-cost option for G Suite legacy users to let them move their content and data.
Old users will be able to sign up for the no-cost Legacy G Suite until 27th June 2022.
G Suite, Google’s cloud-base suite of productivity and collaboration tools, was launch in 2006 as Google Apps and later rebrand and name as Workspace.
The American company had announce in January that G Suite legacy free edition plan will no longer be available starting from 1st July, 2022.
Users could retain access to their accounts by switching to a paid Google Workspace plan.
For business starters, the Google Workspace plan price set at Rs. 125 per month per user in India.
Google’s decision to force early G Suite users to pay a monthly fee to continue to use the custom domain-base service was criticise.
After few days, Google said it was working on a no-cost option to help G Suite legacy users to let them move their content and data.
Google has now decided to let users stay on G Suite legacy free edition plan for personal use as the no-cost alternative.
The Google has said that the users can continue using their custom domain with Gmail, retain access to no-cost Google services such as Google Drive and Google Meet, and keep their purchases and data.
Users have post on Reddit about the option going live.
The screenshot shows the option “Personal use: stay on no-cost Legacy G Suite,” where users can opt-out of the automatic transition by confirming that their legacy subscription is for personal use.
Old users will be able to sign-up for the no-cost Legacy G Suite until 27th June 2022.
The account of users who don’t take any action will be suspend starting on 1st August, 2022.
To reactivate the account, users will either need to upgrade to Google Workspace or opt out of the transition for non-commercial use.
