Google One is the company’s premium subscription service that offers additional cloud storage and a few other perks. Well, thanks to an APK deep-dive, we now know of another perk that could be coming to the service. According to the report, Google may add Nest Aware to Google One.
This news comes shortly after Google announced the Google One AI Premium plan. This is a plan to get if you want to use Gemini Advanced, the most advanced chatbot provided by Google. The service costs $19.99/month. At the time of writing this article, you can get two months of the service for free.
Nest Aware might be made available through Google One
Most companies that offer subscription services throw in additional perks to entice more users. Subscription to YouTube Premium also includes a subscription to YouTube Music. That’s just one example. When it comes to Google One, the service offers additional perks along with more cloud storage. This can include perks like 10% back on Google Store purchases, VPN Services, better customer support, Etc.
Well, according to 9To5Google, there are some strings sitting within the latest version of the Google Home app (version 3.13). These strings allude to Nest Aware being made available through a Google One subscription. One string includes the text, “Nest Aware subscription included in your Google One Plan. You can add more video history through Google One.” Another one has the text, “Nest Aware Plus subscription added to your Google One plan.”
The typical Nest Aware subscription costs $8/month. With it, you’re able to preserve and view 30 days’ worth of video history. With the Nest Aware Plus plan ($15/month), that gets boosted to 60 days.
This transition could come with some complications
It appears that you might have to contact customer support when transitioning to the Google One Subscription. One string has to text “Your old subscription was successfully replaced but it may still be active.nnContact support to check if your cancellation and refund is successful. You may continue paying for your old subscription if it was not canceled.”
That’s a bit odd. People’s subscriptions could be moved over to Google One, but they run the risk of continuing to pay for their old subscription along with the new subscription. So, to check and see if their old subscription was shut down, they’ll have to contact support. That seems poorly handled on Google’s part. Another string in the code points to an error message you receive if Google detects that you’re paying for an old subscription that’s not being used.
A bit of good news is that Google will be handing out refunds for people who have an active Nest Aware subscription and move over to Google One.
At this point, we’re still waiting for more details to come out. Since this is an APK deep-dive, you don’t want to take this news 100% to heart. The company could change or shelf this whole thing altogether.
2024-02-17 15:06:22