Google One, the corporate’s all-in-one subscription service for further cloud storage throughout Gmail, Google Images, Drive, and extra, just lately crossed 100 million subscribers. The most important milestone got here only a day after the tech large unveiled Gemini Superior, the synthetic intelligence (AI) assistant backed by its strongest foundational mannequin, Gemini Extremely. Its subscription plan is being bundled with Google One, and it’s mentioned to have contributed to the accelerated development of Google One subscribers. The search engine maker had introduced that the Gemini Superior plan may also carry AI capabilities to its different companies.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, revealed the milestone by way of a put up on X (previously often called Twitter) and mentioned, “We simply crossed 100M Google One subscribers! Trying ahead to constructing on that momentum with our new AI Premium Plan (launched yesterday) providing AI options like Gemini Superior.” Moreover, he additionally revealed that Gmail, Docs, and different companies which are a part of the Google One subscription may also get AI-based options.
The quantity is important for the tech large, given it eliminated its free limitless storage provide for Google Images in 2021 and has been pushing customers to go for the paid subscription ever since. Again then, the transfer was not common, particularly for customers who had backed greater than 15GB of information, which exceeded the free restrict. Nevertheless, gaining greater than 100 million subscribers in lower than 4 years highlights the worth proposition of Google One.
The influence of the achievement turns into clearer when in comparison with the corporate’s YouTube paid subscriptions. Google additionally just lately hit 100 million subscribers on the platform, comprising each YouTube Premium subscribers and YouTube Music subscribers. The milestone got here 9 years after a paid tier was first introduced for YouTube (YouTube Crimson was launched in October 2015).
In India, Google One month-to-month subscriptions begin on the worth of Rs. 130 for 100GB of mixed space for storing. This additionally consists of some AI-based photograph modifying options, however none are powered by Gemini. The premium plan with 2TB of space for storing is priced at Rs. 650 a month, whereas the Gemini Superior subscription plan, named Google One AI Premium, is about at Rs. 1,950 monthly.
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