I cannot find anything if there is any reason to use the Google Fi VPN over the Google One VPN. I thought it had to do with network switching but I can’t find anything that says that.
I like the Google One VPN as it has a setting toggle I can use to easily turn it on and off which the Google Fi one doesn’t. Any insight on the difference would be helpful.
I have both. You can open up the Fi app and disable the VPN pretty quick if needed. I believe the Fi VPN also allows for smoother call transitions between the carrier network and WiFi.
The benefit to Google One is you are able to split tunnel per app. So if you don’t want a specific app to go through the VPN for whatever reason(data is already encrypted and don’t want the latency overhead) you can exclude it.
The Fi VPN offers IPv6 connectivity. I don’t think the Google One VPN does.
I just got the Google One VPN with the December update and after a few days of use the one significant difference I noticed is that the Google One VPN does NOT handle switching between WiFi and Cellular data well. I left my house and sent some messages as I was walking out to my car and on Google One’s VPN it still read sending when I reached the gas station almost 2 miles away. When I disconnected it and switched to Fi VPN, they sent right away.
Has anyone else encountered this? As of right now, I’m sticking to Fi’s VPN for this reason.
My cell and WiFi data connections are spotty when either VPN is active. Has anybody experienced this too?
This is hilarious.
My Pixel 5a5g just asked me if I really want to disable Google 5 VPN since I’m running Google One VPN.
For normal daily use I use Google Voice on my Google phone running a Google fi Sim using mutually exclusive numbers because my Google phone doesn’t use Google voice as a native calling app, and now I get the joy of deciding between two other Google services competing over the same protocol.
It sure would be nice if Google would provide a dashboard or something that we could use to manage their internally competing services apps and protocols instead of having to stare at each other and mutually wonder and decide about which are better for our use cases etc.
I recently started using the Google One VPN as it was served up to me on the phone, and I thought " oh they’re rebranded this thing." I didn’t even realize that the Google Fi VPN is a separate product.
Open the Google Fi app > Settings and security > protect your online activity > toggle VPN on/off
I dig that you can use the Google One VPN on other devices. My phone and my PC are able to use it, as opposed to the Google Fi VPN that would run just on my phone. But both seem to work well for me thus far.
Honestly I ended up turning them both off and use surfshark. I can control where my VPN is hitting. And I could turn it on and off easier.
My actual insight would be to use a VPN such as Proton. That being said, I’d imagine they’re probably very similar in performance. The Fi VPN started as a beta feature, and came about a year before the Google One VPN iirc.
I used to use the Fi one regularly, but having installed a PiHole in my home network I stopped and now use Proton when out.
la razon para usar la de google Fi es que ya se nos va la de Google One este Junio
Since there is no reason to use Google’s and hearing everyone I went back and got my Express VPN.
Google Connectivity Services helps Android manage Wifi and other network connections. Keep it updated to ensure your device has the latest Wifi networking capabilities. Google Connectivity Services includes Wifi Assistant, which automatically connects you to high-quality public Wifi and secures those connections by transmitting your data through a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) managed by Google.
I wouldn’t trust a Google VPN. They don’t let you choose a server location, and undoubtedly they keep logs, so there’s really no effective privacy to it.
NordVPN or ExpressVPN are the best VPNs to use.
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Since this is the most recent post comparing One to Fi VPN…
“One” has more features now. Not sure when it was added, but it even says in plain language that it uses a kill switch 
. There are some other options fi doesn’t have too, like a setting to use a wider region for your ip. Pretty cool. Check it out 
So if you don’t want a specific app to go through the VPN for whatever reason(data is already encrypted and don’t want the latency overhead) you can exclude it.
You can do this with the Fi VPN. Google Fi - Account tab - Privacy & security - Show details (under Protect your online activity) - Manage advanced settings.
Is there any functional difference between them? I don’t imagine Google would run two separate VPNs, but then again, it’s Google so who knows. I just figured it was basically the same VPN.
Google Fi network switching is a…pretty much not useful feature now.
It is useful, at least abroad. It allows Fi to roam using Three’s partners in addition to T-Mobile’s ones.
“…VPN when on automatically-found-and-joined public WiFi feature that Fi uses.”
How do I enable that setting?