# Google Cuts Google AI Plus to $4.99/Month and Doubles Storage to 400GB — Vikas Kansal Announces the First U.S. Mid-Tier AI-Subscription Price Cut, Keeping Gemini 3.1 Pro Access, Omni Flash Video Generation, the Daily Brief Agent, and Gmail AI Inbox at the New Price

> Google chops 37% off its mid-tier AI subscription and doubles the storage — the first big U.S. consumer AI-plan price cut.

- Org: Google
- Date: 2026-06-08
- Category: tool
- Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/google-just-fired-a-warning-shot-in-the-ai-subscription-price-wars/
- Canonical page: https://ai-tldr.dev/releases/google-ai-plus-499-jun8/

## In short

Google's Gemini-subs lead Vikas Kansal announced AI Plus drops from $7.99 to $4.99/month and storage doubles to 400GB. Price change hits at the next billing cycle; storage rolls out over several days.

## What it is

Google AI Plus is the cheapest of Google's three paid Gemini subscriptions, sitting below AI Pro and AI Ultra and aimed at individual users and students. Google trimmed the monthly fee from $7.99 to $4.99 and lifted the included Google One storage from 200GB to 400GB.

## How it works

Existing subscribers stay on the same plan — the price change kicks in at each user's next billing cycle, and the storage bump rolls out gradually over several days. Plan benefits are unchanged: 2× the free-tier Gemini usage limits, Gemini 3.1 Pro in the Gemini app, Omni Flash video generation, the new Daily Brief agent that summarizes a user's day, NotebookLM, and Gmail AI Inbox (U.S.).

## Why it matters

First mid-tier U.S. AI-subscription price cut, signaling that consumer AI plans in the West have started commoditizing the way they already did in markets like India. It puts pressure on the $20 ChatGPT Plus and $20 Claude Pro tiers and previews where AI Pro and Ultra pricing may eventually land.

## Who it's for

individual Gemini users, students, anyone weighing ChatGPT Plus vs Google AI Plus

## Try it

https://one.google.com/about/google-ai-plus

## Links

- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/google-just-fired-a-warning-shot-in-the-ai-subscription-price-wars/)
- [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2190039/google-cuts-the-price-of-its-ai-plus-plan-and-doubles-the-storage/)
- [9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2026/06/08/google-ai-plus-price-drop/)
- [Digital Trends](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-ai-plus-drops-to-4-99-a-month-and-doubles-your-storage/)