Google bolstered its subscription offerings for the AI era, adding plans now known as Google AI Pro and AI Ultra to the Google One suite. In some regions, a mid-tier Google AI Plus plan offered basic artificial intelligence features and other perks at a much lower price than the Pro or Ultra plans. Now, Google is bringing AI Plus to 35 more countries and territories, including the U.S., the company announced Tuesday, Jan. 27.
Google AI Plus is now available for $7.99 per month in the U.S., bridging the gap between free Google accounts and the pricier AI Pro and AI Ultra tiers. For a limited time, users can save 50% for their first two months of AI Plus, sweetening the deal. Like many of Google’s other subscription offerings, customers can share AI Plus benefits with up to five family members.
Aside from AI features, the Google AI Plus subscription offers 200GB of total cloud storage. That’s double the amount offered by the Google One Basic plan, costing $1.99 per month, and considerably less offered by the One Premium 2TB plan, which goes for $9.99 monthly. The appeal of the Google AI Plus plan is certainly the AI-focused perks, not the cloud storage benefit — though the latter definitely helps.
Other improvements include double the amount of monthly AI credits (200), wider access to Google’s AI filmmaking tool Flow, and premium NotebookLM features like Audio Overviews. Google AI Plus grants access to Gemini in Workspace apps and Gemini in Chrome, the latter of which is debuting in early access as a personal assistant for browsing.
Since this is firmly a midpoint offering, it’s not surprising that Google AI Pro and AI Ultra offer considerably more than Google AI Plus. Google AI Pro costs $19.99 per month and provides higher rate limits than AI Plus while expanding feature availability. Subscribers to the AI Pro plan can use Gemini Code Assist, Gemini CLI, and Jules more often. Google AI Pro users can also use more NotebookLM tools, expanded access to Gemini 3 Pro in Google Search, and 1,000 monthly AI credits.
For users deep in the Google ecosystem, a perk of Google AI Pro that might tip the scales is Google Home Premium Standard. This plan is the successor to Nest Aware, and it starts at $10 per month on its own. By subscribing to Google AI Pro for $20 per month, you’ll get the benefits of One Premium 2TB ($9.99/mo.) and Google Home Premium Standard ($10/mo.) — plus a ton of AI extras — for the same price as paying for them separately.
Google AI Pro is thus the most appealing option for Google Home users with a bunch of smart speakers, smart displays, and Nest products.
But for everyone else? The best value Google subscription isn’t AI Plus or AI Pro.
The best-value Google subscription is actually One Premium 2TB
A crucial detail in Google’s announcement reveals that the best subscription deal inside this new lineup is actually Google One Premium 2TB.
Before today, Google One Premium 2TB cost $9.99 per month and offered 2TB of cloud storage (as the name suggests). This could be shared with up to five other family members. The service tacked on a couple of perks, like premium calling features in Google Meet and enhanced appointment scheduling in Google Calendar. However, One Premium 2TB missed out on extra AI features, including Gemini in Workspace.
No longer. Starting this week, the Google One Premium 2TB plan will include all the benefits of the new Google AI Plus subscription tier. If you’re a current One Premium subscriber, your plan will be upgraded to include the AI tools in the chart above “in the next few days.”
For new subscribers, the value proposition is enticing. For just $2 more per month than AI Plus, you can subscribe to One Premium and get a massive 2TB of cloud storage space that can be shared with the family. Never run out email, photos, or document storage again. It’s a major upgrade compared to the 200GB cloud storage that comes with AI Plus.
I subscribe to AI Pro for the Google Home Premium benefits, but if I didn’t need those, I’d be paying for Google One Premium 2TB. This longtime subscription plan stole the show. Google AI Plus is the shiny new offering, but One Premium 2TB is the sneaky value option.
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