Google cuts its budget AI plan to $4.99 and doubles storage

Google has cut the monthly U.S. price of Google AI Plus from $7.99 to $4.99 and doubled included storage from 200GB to 400GB. The plan bundles access to tools including Omni Flash video generation, Flow, and NotebookLM, targeting individual users and students below the company's Pro and Ultra tiers. The move matters because model capability is increasingly being sold through bundles rather than as a standalone premium product. Google's distribution, cloud infrastructure, and storage business let it compress pricing in ways that pure-play AI providers may find difficult to match. Similar sub-$5 plans first appeared in markets such as India; the U.S. price cut indicates that competition for mass-market subscribers is moving from features to cost, packaging, and ecosystem lock-in.

Key details: $4.99 per month, Previous price $7.99, 400GB storage, Previous storage 200GB, Google AI Plus.

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