Gemini Advanced Goes Free Until 2026 Along With 2TB Storage for These Users

Gemini Advanced — the AI service that is bundled with the Google One AI Premium plan — shall be free for a 12 months for faculty college students within the US. College students can now declare 15 months of entry to Gemini Advanced, as the corporate seeks to compete with rival OpenAI’s latest resolution to offer two months of ChatGPT Plus for college students within the US. As a part of the promotion, customers may also have entry to 2TB of storage for Google merchandise on their private account, together with different Gemini AI options.

Google’s Gemini Advanced Provide is Restricted to US College students

In accordance with particulars on a microsite on the Google Gemini web site, the corporate will enable customers to assert free entry to Gemini Advanced for a 15-month interval. Users who reside within the nation and are enrolled at a university can avail of the supply till June 30. 

If a scholar has already subscribed to Google One AI Premium, they might want to cancel their subscription and declare the supply after the present billing cycle. Google costs US clients round $20 (roughly Rs. 1,700) per thirty days for a Google One AI Premium subscription.

With the intention to declare the free Google One AI Premium supply, college students should have an e-mail deal with that ends with ‘.edu’. These e-mail addresses are granted by schools within the US, which is how Google is verifying {that a} person is eligible for the promotion.

College students who avail of the supply will acquire entry to Gemini Advanced (with Gemini 2.5 Professional), Pocket book LM Plus (analysis), Whisk (picture and animation technology), and Veo 2 (video technology). They may also get entry to Gemini options throughout Google Workspace apps.

These advantages, together with the 2TB of cloud storage, shall be activated on a person’s private Google account after they’ve signed up and claimed the supply utilizing the e-mail deal with supplied by their faculty. These instruments will stay obtainable till “spring 2026”, in line with the corporate.

Google’s rival OpenAI not too long ago introduced that college students within the US and Canada may enroll for free entry to ChatGPT Plus for two months, as a part of a restricted promotion. As compared with OpenAI’s supply, Google gives entry to Gemini superior for a for much longer length, however is simply accessible to college students within the US.