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At I/O 2025, Google One AI Premium (and Gemini Advanced) became “Google AI Pro,” while a higher, more expensive tier was introduced with “Google AI Ultra.”
Updated 2/21/26
Free users in the US now have access to “Thinking (3 Pro)” for “Complex reasoning and generative layouts.” There are daily usage limits, with Gemini 3 Flash now powering the “Auto” model. Similarly, those in the US have access to Create Images Pro (Nano Banana Pro).
AI Pro is simply a rebrand that drops the explicit “Google One” connection, while being a bit snappier and shorter than “AI Premium.” In the US, it remains available for $19.99 per month.
“Limited” access to auto browse.
AI Overviews deliver a big upgrade to Gmail search that generates an immediate answer to save you from having to open individual emails.
Proofread when composing messages offers advanced grammar, tone, and style checks.
The Gemini side panel and other inline features are available in: Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and Chat.
You also get access to Google Vids. This AI-powered video creation app lets you create, write, produce, edit, collaborate, and share videos. It’s catered towards more presentation-style videos in school or business contexts, but there are personal use cases.
AI Pro subscribers get “Higher” usage limits for Gemini 3 Pro, and Deep Search on google.com/ai to “ask more sophisticated queries and get back longer, more detailed responses.” Like Gemini’s Deep Research, responses take a few minutes. Google is performing “hundreds of searches” and reasons “across disparate pieces of information” to generate a “comprehensive, fully-cited report.” Google can ask you for more details before starting the process.
You also get a “Higher” level of Nano Banana Pro image generation and editing, while there’s AI-powered calling for local business pricing.
New is early access to Personal Intelligence in AI Mode.
Google Home Premium Standard was previously Nest Aware and an additional $10/month. You get:
Google Home Premium Advanced can be purchased for $10 more as an add-on.
From the Create tab, you get Higher remix generations and photo-to-video generations (versus Limited for free users).
The paid tier for Google’s research tool was previously called NotebookLM Plus. Like in the Gemini app, you now see a “Pro” badge next to your profile image in the top-right corner. Google AI Pro provides:
This can be used for Gmail, Drive, and Photos. The standalone storage cost is $9.99 per month.
Jules is Google’s asynchronous coding agent. AI Pro subscribers get 5x higher limits (versus free users). It’s “ideal for daily coding.” You also get higher daily model requests for Gemini Code Assist and Gemini CLI.
Google Antigravity gives you “Higher” agent requests.
This Google Labs experiment was announced in 2024 where images of a subject, scene, and style are used as prompts. The Whisk Animate feature uses Veo 3 to turn images into short videos.
At I/O 2025, Google announced Flow as an AI filmmaking suite for video creation and editing. It offers features like: Text to video, Ingredients to video, and Frames to video.
With this new plan, Google has introduced the concept of AI Credits that apply to Whisk and Flow. Refer to the following table:
The AI Credit costs below are per generation, not per request. Some product features will create multiple generations per request. For example, in Flow, a single request may generate 2 videos.]AI Pro subscribers can now buy “top-up AI Credits” at the following rates. They are valid for 12 months, with this ability previously just for the AI Ultra tier.
AI Ultra is also available in 150+ countries. It costs $249.99 per month in the US.
“Highest” access to auto browse.
AI Ultra provides the “Highest” access to Gemini 3 Pro, Nano Banana Pro, and agentic capabilities.
Replacing Nest Aware Plus, you get:
From the Create tab, you get the Highest level of remix generations and photo-to-video generations.
Jules in Google AI Ultra gives you 20x higher limits “for intensive, multi-agent workflows at scale.” You get the “Highest” daily model requests for Gemini Code Assist and Gemini CLI, while it’s the “Highest” number of Agent requests.
Google AI Ultra unlocks:
This otherwise costs $149.99 per month.
The Individual plan costs $13.99 per month.
This research prototype for browser agents lets you perform 10 tasks simultaneously. Example use cases include research, shopping, and booking travel.
Playable interactive worlds.
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