Google launches AI Plus to expand access to Gemini tools

AI Plus, a new mid-tier plan, offers expanded Gemini features, productivity tools, and cloud storage at a lower price, starting at under $5 per month in Indonesia.
Google is offering Gemini AI to governments for $0.50 per year, aiming to automate public sector tasks.

Google has introduced a new mid-tier subscription called AI Plus, designed to make its Gemini AI tools more accessible at a lower price. Positioned between the free and premium Pro plans, AI Plus offers broader access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, productivity features across Gmail, Docs, and Sheets, and 200GB of Google One cloud storage.

Subscribers will benefit from a larger 128,000-token context window, compared with 32,000 for free users, and tools such as Veo 3 Fast for video creation, Google Flow for video generation, and Whisk for image-to-video conversion. The plan also includes expanded use of NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered research assistant.

The service has launched first in Indonesia at Rp. 75,000 ($4.56) per month, a fraction of the AI Pro plan’s price of Rp. 309,000 ($18.79). Google has not set a timeline for global rollout but said AI Plus will cost under $20 per month in other markets, with prices adjusted regionally.

After months of vague descriptions, the new tier follows Google’s move to publish clearer guidelines on Gemini’s usage limits across free, Pro, and Ultra plans. The update aims to bring greater transparency as the company pushes deeper into the competitive AI subscription market.

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