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Gemini Advanced and NotebookLM Plus Now Free for Students Through 2026, with 2TB Cloud Storage Included

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Gemini Advanced, the AI service bundled with the Google One AI Premium plan, is now available for free to U.S. college students for a full year. As part of a special promotion, students can claim 15 months of free access to Gemini Advanced. This move comes as Google looks to compete with OpenAI’s recent initiative to offer two months of ChatGPT Plus for students in the U.S. Along with Gemini Advanced, students will also gain access to 2TB of cloud storage for Google products on their personal accounts, alongside other Gemini AI features.

The offer is currently limited to students in the U.S. who are enrolled in college. According to details shared on the Google Gemini website, students can claim the promotion until June 30. This offer allows them to experience a wide array of AI tools without the usual cost. If a student has already subscribed to the Google One AI Premium plan, they will need to cancel their subscription and wait until the next billing cycle to claim the offer. For students interested in claiming the benefits, they must use an email address ending in “.edu,” which is provided to students by U.S. colleges to verify eligibility.

Once students claim the offer, they will receive access to Gemini Advanced (featuring Gemini 2.5 Pro), Notebook LM Plus (for research), Whisk (for image and animation generation), and Veo 2 (for video generation). In addition to these AI tools, students will also be able to use Gemini’s features across Google Workspace apps, enhancing productivity and creativity in their academic work.

The promotion includes a generous 2TB of cloud storage, which will be activated on a student’s personal Google account once they sign up and verify their eligibility. These benefits will remain available to students until “spring 2026,” giving them several years of access to cutting-edge AI tools and ample storage for their academic needs.

Google Tests AI-Only Version of Search Engine with New “AI Mode”

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Google has launched an experimental version of its search engine that removes the traditional 10 blue links in favor of AI-generated summaries. This new feature, available to subscribers of Google One AI Premium, can be accessed by clicking on a tab labeled “AI Mode” alongside options like Images and Maps.

Robby Stein, Vice President of Product at Google, explained that the company had received feedback from power users who wanted AI responses for a broader range of searches. Google One AI Premium is a $19.99 per month subscription that offers additional cloud storage and access to exclusive AI features.

In its ongoing push to integrate AI into search, Google has introduced AI Overviews, which provide summaries of search results above the usual links to webpages. These Overviews are already available in over 100 countries, and last year, Google began incorporating ads into these AI summaries.

With AI Mode, the company takes this a step further by offering more detailed AI summaries with links to the sources. The traditional blue links are replaced by a search bar, allowing users to ask follow-up questions. Powered by Google’s custom Gemini 2.0 model, AI Mode is designed with advanced reasoning capabilities, making it more adept at handling complex queries.

This new development represents a significant move for Google, as it faces increased competition from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, which introduced search functions in ChatGPT last October. AI-driven search is now a major area of focus for Google, with Alphabet’s 2024 revenue—mostly driven by search-related advertising—under threat from emerging AI competitors.

However, the shift to AI-powered search has raised concerns. In February, educational technology company Chegg filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the AI previews of diminishing the demand for original content and harming publishers’ ability to compete.