Updated
Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 4
Google Expands Gemini With 1 Million Tokens and $4.99-$19.99 AI Tiers
Updated
Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 4

Google Expands Gemini With 1 Million Tokens and $4.99-$19.99 AI Tiers

3 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 4

Summary

  • $4.99 AI Plus and $19.99 AI Pro subscriptions raise Gemini’s compute-based usage caps to 2x and 4x the free tier, with limits refreshing every five hours until a weekly cap is reached.
  • 1 million tokens on AI Pro—up from 32,000 for free users—lets Gemini handle about 1,500 pages of text, while AI Plus lifts the context window to 128,000 tokens.
  • 1-hour video uploads and 3-hour audio uploads are reserved for paid plans, versus 5 minutes and 10 minutes on free accounts; code uploads also require a subscription.
  • 500 notebooks with 300 sources on AI Pro, compared with 100 notebooks and 50 sources for free users, extend Gemini’s project organization and NotebookLM integration.
  • Subscriber-only features also include Daily Brief, scheduled actions capped at 10, conversational video generation, and access to the higher-end Nano Banana Pro image model.

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