Google’s cheaper AI Plus plan is now available in over 40 countries

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Google’s new, cheaper AI Plus program is present disposable successful much than 40 countries, including Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

The institution archetypal launched its AI Plus program successful Indonesia earlier this month astatine Rp 75,000 ($4.50) per month. The program costs astir $5 successful astir countries, and Google says it volition discount it by 50% for six months successful a fewer locations similar Nepal and Mexico.

The Plus tier unlocks entree to Gemini 2.5 Pro, arsenic good arsenic tools for representation and video instauration similar Flow, Whisk, and Veo 3 Fast. Users besides get entree to much features connected the company’s AI probe adjunct NotebookLM, tin usage AI successful Gmail, Docs and Sheets, and get 200GB of unreality storage.

The quality comes a time aft OpenAI expanded its sub-$5 ChatGPT Go program to Indonesia. Notably, India, wherever OpenAI debuted ChatGPT Go, is missing from Google’s list.

Both companies connection a $20 per period basal plan, but with these new, cheaper subscription tiers, they’re trying to scope much paying users successful parts of the satellite wherever a $20 subscription tin beryllium costly.

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