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When did Google announce these new changes?
Since last evening, 8th June 2026, Google has announced a major pricing restructuring and storage upgrade for its consumer-focused artificial intelligence subscription network. The company is dropping the monthly entry cost of its base tier plan while simultaneously doubling the online storage space allocation for all global accounts.
The aggressive adjustment represents a direct attempt by the company to capture a larger share of the mainstream AI subscriber market at a time when competitive platforms are keeping end-user fees high.
The strategy positions Google’s consumer artificial intelligence plan as a highly competitive mid-tier offering, specifically appealing to individuals who require more cloud space than basic free accounts but do not need massive corporate data allocations.
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What is the new price and storage limit for Google AI Plus?
The monthly price for the Google AI Plus subscription plan has officially been reduced to $4.99 per month or its corresponding local regional equivalent. This marks a significant drop from the plan’s original launch price of $7.99 per month.
Alongside the price drop, Google is doubling the included cloud storage capacity from 200 GB up to 400 GB. The technical adjustment addresses long-standing feedback from users who found the initial 200 GB allocation too restrictive for managing high-definition photos, personal videos, and multi-platform backup projects, but felt that upgrading to higher-tier storage brackets was unnecessary for their daily computing needs.
The cloud storage increase is scheduled to automatically roll out to all existing account dashboards over the next few days. For current paying members, the cheaper $4.99 billing rate will automatically take effect starting with their next scheduled plan renewal cycle.
How do the new Gemini app usage limits and AI credits work in Google AI Plus?
Google is completely changing how it measures and enforces user access thresholds starting June 8, 2026. Instead of relying on a simple count of how many messages you send, the Gemini app is introducing a compute-based usage limit model.
This new framework calculates your consumption based on three exact metrics: the technical complexity of your prompt, the specific features you activate during a session, and the overall length of your chat history.
Your usage limit will automatically refresh every 5 hours until you reach your designated weekly cap. Despite these structural caps, AI Plus subscribers will continue to enjoy a 2x higher usage limit compared to free, non-subscribed accounts.
Additionally, Google is officially removing the 200 AI credits that were previously bundled as a standard benefit in the base plan each month. This product-based usage limit model is now rolling out to other developer platforms, starting with Flow and Antigravity.
While the fixed credit pool is being phased out, the new usage limit architecture is designed to handle background computing demands seamlessly, allowing heavy users to maintain the exact same day-to-day experience without needing to track individual credit balances.
What features and tools are included in the Google AI Plus plan?
Subscribers on the newly adjusted tier receive significantly higher access thresholds and advanced feature integrations across the Google ecosystem compared to free account users. The core artificial intelligence capabilities included under the plan cover:
- Two times higher usage limits inside the standalone Gemini application compared to the public free tier.
- Access to a large 128,000 token context window for processing long documents and complex code files.
- Integration of the newly launched Daily Brief out-of-the-box agent, which synthesizes personal calendar details, unread emails, and chat updates into a personalized morning agenda layout.
- Full access to Omni Flash video generation tools, which allow users to create and edit high-quality generative video from raw text and media inputs.
- Authorization to execute scheduled automated actions, advanced scripting, and custom workflows within the digital platform.
The plan also unlocks expanded operations and performance limits across several of Google’s flagship technical productivity suites. Subscribers get deep operational access inside NotebookLM, the advanced Proofread tool, and the AI Inbox feature in Gmail, which organizes critical tasks and supplies personalized draft responses.
Furthermore, the plan provides direct connectivity and increased project allowances within Google Flow, AI Studio, and the developer-centric Antigravity platform.
What is the difference between the 400 GB and 2 TB Google AI Plus plans?
Following the latest administrative updates, Google has officially labeled its existing $9.99 per month 2 TB storage tier under the same Google AI Plus branding banner. This means that consumer markets now have access to two distinct AI Plus subscription paths that share the exact same underlying artificial intelligence models, capabilities, and feature sets.
The only differentiating metric between the two choices is the volume of allocated cloud space. The $4.99 option offers 400 GB of space, while the $9.99 option offers 2 TB of space. This dual-track setup allows users to select a plan based purely on their cloud storage demands without sacrificing core model processing access.
Does the Google AI Plus plan include Google Health Premium or YouTube Premium?
No. The entry-level Google AI Plus subscription options do not include specialized health features or ad-free entertainment benefits. According to formal clarifications from Google product leads, Google Health Premium is explicitly reserved for higher-tier options, starting from the Google AI Pro plan and extending upwards into the Ultra brackets.
Similarly, full YouTube Premium benefits are not bundled into the base Plus tier. YouTube Premium individual access remains a core value add for the premium AI Ultra package, while the intermediate paid AI Pro tier provides access to a YouTube Premium Lite individual plan in select regions.
Google has noted that it is actively working on expanding regional entertainment options, including addressing feature availability requests for services like YouTube Lite in international markets like Mexico.
How does the new pricing affect Google Workspace accounts and higher tiers?
The latest pricing and storage changes apply strictly to personal Google One accounts and do not impact corporate or educational Google Workspace accounts in any way.
This restructuring follows a broader pattern of price drops and tier additions executed by Google throughout the year. In April, the company upgraded its intermediate AI Pro package to feature 5 TB of storage space without implementing any corresponding price increases.
Furthermore, following developments at Google I/O, the top-tier AI Ultra ecosystem introduced a new $100 per month option tailored for technical leads and developers, while the highest available institutional tier was permanently dropped from $250 down to $200 per month.
While competing platforms like OpenAI and Anthropic continue to maintain or raise their end-user operation costs, Google’s continuous cost-reduction strategy is deliberately designed to make long-term platform cancellation highly difficult for everyday consumers.
