Google Cloud SQL is a fully managed MySQL service hosted on Google Cloud Platform, providing a database backbone for applications running on Google App Engine or Google Compute Engine. Over the last few months we’ve been very busy adding an SLA, encrypting all your data, enabling point-in-time-recovery and custom flags, and launching instances in Asia (alongside the US and EU).

Today, we’re adding instances running MySQL 5.6, which includes great new features such as geospatial distance queries, full text indexing in InnoDB tables, online schema changes, and a bunch of performance improvements. You can try it now, and there are instructions on migrating existing instances here.

-Posted by Joe Faith, Product Manager