Gemini changes in 2026
16 Gemini changes took effect in 2026 so far. Google AI Ultra 20x: $249.99/mo → $199.99/mo.
2026 at a glance
- Changes in 2026
- 16
- So far this year
- Biggest increase
- None
- No price went up in 2026
- Cheapest plan now
- $4.99/mo
- Google AI Plus
- Last change in 2026
- on or before
- Gemini's Daily Brief morning digest no longer needs a paid Google AI plan in the US
Price history
2026 in context
Every price on record; 2026 is shaded and the other years are dimmed. Turn plans on or off to compare them.
Now
$4$5$6$7$8$9
2026
| Google AI Plus | 2026-01-27 | $7.99 |
| Google AI Plus | 2026-06-08 | $4.99 |
| Google AI Ultra 20x | 2025-05-20 | $249.99 |
| Google AI Ultra 20x | 2026-05-19 | $199.99 |
Plan prices
2026: start vs now
US prices on Jan 1 and today, from the price history. Plans whose price changed come first; plans discontinued before 2026 are left out.
| Plan | Jan 1, 2026 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Plus | — | $4.99/mosince | Record starts in 2026 |
| Google AI Ultra 20x | $249.99/mosince | $199.99/mosince | −$50 · −20% |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99/mosince | $19.99/mosince | Unchanged |
| Google AI Ultra 5x | — | $99.99/mosince | Record starts in 2026 |
Changes
Every Gemini change in 2026
- ≤ Got betterGet, got better
Gemini's Daily Brief morning digest no longer needs a paid Google AI plan in the US
Was Paid plans onlynow Free users too
- Got betterGet, got better
Gemini Spark, Google's 24/7 AI agent, is rolling out to $19.99 AI Pro subscribers in the US, not just Ultra
Was Ultra onlynow AI Pro and Ultra
- Got betterGet, got better
Gemini's personalized image creation, using your Google Photos, is now free in the US, not just for paid plans
Was Paid plans onlynow Free users too
- MixedContinue, got better and worse
Gemini CLI stopped working for Google AI Pro, Ultra and free accounts; Google moved them to Antigravity CLI
Was Availablenow Retired
- Got better-$3/moPay, got better
Google AI Plus dropped from $7.99 to $4.99 a month, and its storage doubled from 200 GB to 400 GB
Was $7.99/mo, 200 GBnow $4.99/mo, 400 GB
- NeutralUltra from $99.99Pay, got neither better nor worse
Google added a $99.99/mo AI Ultra plan with 5x AI Pro's usage limits, below the $199.99 top tier
Was Ultra: $249.99/monow Ultra: $99.99 or $199.99
- Got better-$50/moPay, got better
Google AI Ultra's top tier dropped from $249.99 to $199.99 a month; Google says its capabilities are unchanged
Was $249.99/monow $199.99/mo
- Got better$8.99/mo valueGet, got better
Paid Google AI Pro subscribers now get YouTube Premium Lite, an $8.99/mo plan, at no extra charge
Was Not includednow Included
- Got worseGet, got worse
Gemini swapped daily prompt counts for compute-based limits that refresh every 5 hours, up to a weekly limit
Was Daily prompt limitsnow 5-hour + weekly limits
- Got better+3 TBGet, got better
Google AI Pro now includes 5 TB of cloud storage instead of 2 TB, at the same $19.99/mo
Was 2 TBnow 5 TB
- Got betterGet, got better
Personal Intelligence, which lets Gemini use your Gmail, Photos and other Google apps, is rolling out to free US users
Was AI Pro and Ultra onlynow Free users too
- MixedGet, got better and worse
Gemini's daily image limits fell when Nano Banana 2 arrived: free 100 to 20, AI Pro 1,000 to 100
Was Free: 100 images/daynow Free: 20 images/day
- ≤ Got better10x imagesGet, got better
Google AI Plus image limits rose from free-tier levels: 1,000 Nano Banana and 50 Nano Banana Pro images a day
Was 100 images/daynow 1,000 images/day
- ≤ Got worse-40%Get, got worse
Google AI Ultra's Deep Research limit dropped from 200 to 120 reports a day
Was 200 reports/daynow 120 reports/day
- Got better$7.99/moPay, got better
Google AI Plus launched in the US at $7.99/mo, a new cheapest paid Gemini plan below the $19.99 AI Pro
Was Cheapest paid: $19.99/monow Cheapest paid: $7.99/mo
- ≤ Got better3x ThinkingGet, got better
AI Pro now gets 300 Thinking prompts a day and Ultra 1,500, on top of the Pro model's 100 and 500
Was 100/day sharednow 300 Thinking + 100 Pro
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