Google dropped a bombshell on its most loyal fans this week when they announced our beloved OG G Suite Legacy Free Edition accounts would be forced to begin paying or be shut down. In this episode, we will discuss this decision, and follow it up with a LIVE question and answer event on February Second on our Youtube Channel. We already have one Googler confirmed and are working on getting more, as well as experts like us to discuss the decision and answer your question. I hope you will join us. The tentative date is currently Feb 2nd at 11 AM Pacific (1PM Central).

Silent Releases

• G Suite Legacy Free Shutdown

Published Releases

1. Add a page break before paragraphs in Google Docs in mobile

2. Improved editing experience in Google Chat on the web

3. Warning banners in Google Drive alert users of suspicious files

Other Topics

• Google Workspace Invisible Changes

• G Suite Legacy Free Live Discussion Hosted by Workspace Recap on YouTube Live - Wed, 1pm CST (subject to change)

G Suite Legacy Free Discussions on Reddit

• Someone blogged a solution for a post Google Apps Legacy World

• Successful migration from Gsuite to Cloud Identity

• Small side business with tons hooked in to G-Suite legacy and not looking forward to extracting everything

• Google Cloud Identity free

• Anyone use Google Domains to forward emails? (Removing Legacy GSuite)

• Workspace routing is powerful enough to do partial migration/split delivery, which opens up options for us

• GSuite Legacy - Email Forwarding of Primary Domain

• How do we get a rep from Google to do an AMA?

• G Suite legacy free edition - I still don't see any notification in my Admin Portal

• Legacy Upgrade - Beware of Routing/Catchall settings for Gmail

• GSuite email host alternatives with prices?

• Exiting GSuite / Gapps Free Tier, my story so far….

• PSA: Google updated the support page regarding Who Don't Want to Migrate to the paid Workstation: "you will not lose access to other Google Services,including YouTube, Google Photos, and Google Play, nor paid content"

• Anyone who got the email from Google about the GSuite Legacy Free accounts... Are there any "Alerts" or other notifications in your Admin console?

• Death of Legacy: Isn’t the pOP3 Method the Easiest?

• Is there ANY chance there will be a cheaper personal tier now that free is going away?

• Using gmail as a google workspace account

• Possible class action lawsuit over gsuite free/legacy bait 'n' switch

• Great to know that free forever date is 1-July-2022

• G-suite Legacy account Concerns

• Gsuite Legacy - don’t panic

• Trapped by Google in GSuite (EU non commercial customers)

• How to get ahead of gsuite exodus?

• What are your migration plans in the wake of the Google Workspace Legacy news?

• European GSuite Legacy - have you received email?

• Canceling G Suite - Convert to generic account?

• Impact On Google Voice with the forced Google Apps Free/g-Suite Free upgrade to Workplaces Starter

• Among all features in all user plans i need to use only the custom email nothing else at all, still do i need to pay 6$ monthly…? i feel it’s not fair as in my case6*20 users = 120 only for email service.

• Migrate/Transfer from GSuite Legacy Basic Free to Google Cloud Identity Free?

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