Google Overhauls Top-Tier AI Plans, Drops Price and Adds YouTube Premium
PCMag • • technology
Key Points:
- Google has updated its AI subscription plans, introducing Google AI Pro at $19.99/month with 5TB storage, expanded Gemini usage credits, and a YouTube Premium Lite subscription.
- The new Google AI Ultra 5x plan costs $99.99/month, offering 20TB storage, full YouTube Premium access, 5x AI Pro usage limits, and advanced features like Gemini 3.5 Flash and Google Antigravity agentic tools.
- The top-tier Google AI Ultra 20x plan is priced at $199.99/month, providing 30TB storage and more extensive AI usage, marking a price reduction from the previous $250/month to stay competitive with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Google has integrated YouTube Premium into its higher-tier Google One plans but does not include the YouTube Premium Family plan, requiring additional payment for shared access.
- A new credit system for AI prompt usage has been implemented to account for prompt complexity and length, impacting how users' monthly quotas are consumed, with these changes communicated via email.