The tech giant has introduced a budget-friendly subscription tier to bridge the gap between its free services and premium enterprise offerings, bundling 200GB of storage with its latest AI models.
Google just launched a new “Google AI Plus” subscription in India on Wednesday (December 10), and they’ve priced it aggressively at ₹199 per month to start. The plan is all about making advanced AI tools accessible to more people, giving users 200GB of cloud storage plus access to the powerful Gemini 3 Pro model without the hefty price tag of the premium tiers.
This new option slots in between the free 15GB plan and the expensive “AI Pro” plan, which costs ₹1,950 a month. After an initial six-month promotional period, the price will go up to ₹399 per month, but that’s still way cheaper than what people are paying now.
AI Plus subscribers get access to Gemini 3 Pro, Google’s most capable AI for reasoning and coding, right in the Gemini app. The package also includes Nano Banana Pro, a specialized model for creating and editing images, and Veo 3.1 for making videos. What’s really useful is that these AI capabilities work inside the productivity apps people already use every day, like Gmail and Google Docs. You can draft emails or summarize documents with just one click.
Beyond the AI stuff, the plan tackles a real problem people have been complaining about: storage. It gives you 200GB shared across Google Photos, Drive, and Gmail, which is a lot more than the default 15GB. Plus, you can share it with up to five family members.
“It opens up access to powerful AI tools to level up your productivity and creativity all at an accessible price,” Google said in its press release, making it clear they’re going for mass adoption here.
Tech analysts see this as Google filling an obvious gap in the market. “Until now, if you wanted Gemini in your Docs, you had to pay nearly ₹2,000 a month for the 2TB plan. This ₹199 entry point changes the game for students and casual professionals,” one digital markets observer pointed out.
The launch comes as global tech companies battle for market share in India, where price matters a lot. Google’s new tier goes head to head with OpenAI’s “ChatGPT Go” and other budget AI tools. By bundling storage, something people are already used to paying for, with AI features, Google is hoping to get more people hooked on its Gemini ecosystem faster.
That ₹199 introductory price lasts for six months, then it jumps to ₹399. Industry insiders think Google will probably roll out similar “lite” AI plans in other emerging markets if this India experiment successfully converts free users into paying customers.
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