{"id":26086,"date":"2025-07-26T18:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26086\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:36:10","slug":"google-may-launch-low-cost-ai-plan-to-rival-chatgpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26086\/","title":{"rendered":"Google May Launch Low-Cost AI Plan To Rival ChatGPT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google is reportedly developing a lower-cost “Gemini AI Lite” subscription tier.<\/p>\n

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\nKey Takeaways<\/p>\n

Google is reportedly developing a lower-cost “Gemini AI Lite” subscription tier.
\n This new plan could make AI access more affordable for users hesitant to pay for the full Google One AI Pro subscription.
\n It could offer a lower-cost option to ChatGPT<\/p>\n

Google may soon offer a cheaper way to access its premium Gemini AI features. Code found in the latest Google app and Google One app points to a new \u201cAI Lite\u201d subscription tier, potentially offering a lower-cost alternative to the $20-per-month Google One AI Pro plan.<\/p>\n

Google One AI Lite: Cheaper AI For Everyone?<\/p>\n

As revealed in a recent Android Authority<\/a> APK Teardown report, app analyst AssembleDebug<\/a> has unearthed text within Google\u2019s app code, suggesting that new pricing options could be on the way.<\/p>\n

The code references features like \u201cDeep Research\u201d and access to the Gemini 2.5 Pro model in connection with a new \u201cROBIN_G1_UPGRADE_LITE_FREEMIUM\u201d option. \u201cRobin\u201d is reportedly Google\u2019s codename for Gemini.<\/p>\n

These references strongly suggest that Google may soon offer improved access to features like Deep Research and the powerful Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model at a lower price, undercutting arch-rival ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

Google’s Google One “AI Lite” plan could fit below the current Google AI Pro plan.<\/p>\n

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Currently, free users get to use Deep Research mode only \u201ca few times a month<\/a>,\u201d and gain only limited access to Google\u2019s top-tier Gemini 2.5 Pro model.<\/p>\n

Google One AI Pro subscribers, on the other hand, receive significantly higher usage limits and expanded capabilities, including Gemini models with larger context windows that can handle more data in one go.<\/p>\n

This move could also help retain many Google One AI Pro customers who are about to reach the end of complimentary 12-month subscriptions bundled with devices such as a Pixel 9 Pro or a Chromebook Plus.<\/p>\n

As an unannounced feature, pricing and feature details are currently unknown. It\u2019s also possible that Google could cut back on other, non-AI, features \u2014 for example, offering less than the 2TB of Google One storage currently bundled with Google One AI Pro.<\/p>\n

The move would echo Google\u2019s budget-friendly \u201cGoogle One Lite<\/a>\u201d subscription tier, launched last year, which provides low-cost Google One subscriptions on a country-by-country basis, first in India and later expanding to Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia. Google One Lite offers just 30GB of cloud storage, compared to 100GB for Google One Basic, but at a price less than half that of Google One Basic.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible, therefore, that any new Google One AI Lite plan could also launch in selected regions only \u2014 assuming it launches at all.<\/p>\n

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