Cloud Domains release notes

This page contains release notes for features and updates to Cloud Domains. Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.

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June 20, 2024

You can migrate your Google Domains DNS settings and export your domain and email forwarding configurations if you use Google Domains as your DNS provider. For more information, see Migrate Google Domains DNS settings.

June 12, 2024

If your domain expired within the past 30 days, you can renew it using the Google Cloud CLI or the Cloud Domains API. For more information, see Renew a recently expired domain.

For domains such as .uk or .co.uk that don't support authorization codes, you can now use the Google Cloud CLI or the Cloud Domains API to initiate a push transfer to another registrar. For more information see, Transfer a .uk or .co.uk domain.

January 22, 2024

On September 7, 2023, Squarespace acquired all domain registrations and related customer accounts from Google Domains. Consequently, some Cloud Domains features are deprecated and removed. For more information, see Deprecations and shut down features and Cloud Domains FAQ.

December 06, 2023

You can now turn off automatic renewal after you've registered your domain. For more information, see Turn off automatic renewal for a domain name.

October 20, 2023

On September 7, 2023 Squarespace acquired all domain registrations and related customer accounts from Google Domains. For more information about how this change affects Cloud Domains, see Cloud Domains feature deprecation, Google Domains FAQ, and Cloud Domains FAQ.

April 28, 2023

August 09, 2022

February 21, 2022

Cloud Domains now supports the following new TLDs:

  • .day
  • .contact
  • .de
  • .nl
  • .autos

The annual price for the following two TLDs has changed to $15:

  • .boats
  • .homes

For details, see Cloud Domains Pricing.

October 19, 2021

Cloud Domains is available in GA. Cloud Domains enables you to search, register, and manage domain names with Google Cloud. Cloud Domains also lets you transfer a domain to or from a third-party provider.

As announced in the MSA sent on September 16, 2021, Cloud Domains has a new billing model.

October 13, 2020

Cloud Domains is available in Preview. Cloud Domains enables you to search, register, and manage domain names with Google Cloud.