I’m posting here because Google AI Studio still refuses to recognize French Guiana as part of France.
Quick geographical reminder: it is — officially, legally, administratively — a French region and part of the EU. Nothing exotic or ambiguous about that.
Yet access to Google AI Studio is still blocked here, as if French Guiana were some uncharted island outside Google’s map. This isn’t the first Google service where this issue shows up either.
Could someone at Google please update the regional availability settings so French Guiana finally gets the same service continuity as any other French region?
And to everyone else reading this:
If you’re in French Guiana (or any other French overseas region) and facing the same issue, please comment below.
Maybe if enough of us speak up, Google will eventually remember we exist.
Welcome to the Forum!
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with us, and we’ll be filing a feature request.
A little update on that case.
I just bought a Google Ai plus subscription.
Altough i’m paying the regular price like every resident of France, people in French Guiana do not have access yet to
-Flow
-**Whisk
-NotebookLM
**
The position of Google on Overseas Territory do not have evolved since 20 years.
And even if I understand that Google should have reasons, it will be reasonable that Google clearly expose their reasons.
Today is January 26th and, despite your message saying the teams were investigating, there is still no concrete update or effective access for users in the French overseas regions. We are fully part of France and the European Union and we pay the same prices as users in mainland France, yet we still cannot use key products like Flow, Whisk, and NotebookLM.
This situation has been ongoing for years across several Google services in overseas territories, and it feels like structural discrimination rather than a simple technical delay. We expect clear communication explaining the reasons for these regional restrictions and a realistic timeline for when residents of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and other regions will finally have the same level of access as any other part of France.
Thanks in advance for a concrete answer, not just “we are working on it”.
Could someone at Google please update the regional availability settings so French Guiana finally gets the same service continuity as any other French region?