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Googlepricing

Link·Jun 8, 2026

Google AI Plus Price Drop

Google's AI Plus subscription drops to $4.99 a month from $7.99, with included storage doubled to 400GB. For individual Google AI subscribers.

Best for: Getting Gemini 3 Pro, Nano Banana Pro, and Deep Research at the lowest paid Google AI tier.
When to use it: You want paid Gemini features but do not need the higher AI Pro tier.
Who benefits: Individuals and families; the plan supports sharing with up to six people.

Googlefeature

Link·Jun 8, 2026

A NotebookLM update that lets it find its own sources, run code, and turn your material into downloadable reports, spreadsheets, and worksheets, for Google AI Ultra and eligible Workspace business accounts.

Best for: Turning a pile of sources into a finished deliverable, a report, a budget spreadsheet, or a study worksheet, without leaving NotebookLM.
When to use it: You have research that needs analysis or a polished output, not just a summary or a chat answer.
Who benefits: Researchers, analysts, and anyone who builds documents from a stack of source material.

Last Week

Googlefeature

Link·Jun 5, 2026

Image Creation and Editing in Gemini Live

Make and edit images in real time during a live Gemini camera session, just by describing what you want.

Best for: visual back-and-forth on the fly, like previewing room decor or making a quick meme while pointing your camera at something
When to use it: you want an image generated or changed mid-conversation instead of switching to a separate image tool
Who benefits: Gemini app users on mobile who use the Live camera mode

Googlefeature

Link·Jun 4, 2026

NotebookLM Source Attribution

NotebookLM now shows the exact prompts and sources behind each artifact, and lets you adjust and regenerate it.

Best for: seeing exactly how NotebookLM produced a given output
When to use it: you want to check or change which prompts and sources went into an artifact before reusing it
Who benefits: researchers and writers who rely on NotebookLM-generated artifacts

Googlefeature

Link·Jun 4, 2026

Gemini Window Attach on Mac

A shortcut in the Gemini Mac app that attaches your active window to the chat so you can ask about it without taking a screenshot.

Best for: asking Gemini about whatever app or document is open on your Mac
When to use it: you want Gemini to see your current window without screenshotting or switching tabs
Who benefits: people running the Gemini desktop app on macOS

Googlefeature

Link·Jun 3, 2026

Gemini Thinking Levels

A control in Gemini that lets you choose how long it reasons before answering, now free for everyone across web, iOS, and Android.

Best for: Deciding how much reasoning a question needs instead of getting one fixed response speed.
When to use it: A task is complex enough to need step-by-step reasoning, so you switch from Standard to Extended.
Who benefits: Anyone using Gemini for both quick questions and harder, multi-step problems.

Googlefeature

Link·Jun 2, 2026

NotebookLM Report Formats on Mobile

The NotebookLM mobile app can now generate briefing docs, study guides, and blog posts, formats that were previously desktop-only.

Best for: Creating a structured document from your sources while away from a computer.
When to use it: You want a briefing doc, study guide, or blog post from your notebook on your phone.
Who benefits: NotebookLM users who work from the mobile app.

May 2026

Googlemodel

Link·May 28, 2026

Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro (Generally Available)

Google's two image generation and editing models are now generally available to developers and enterprises through the Gemini API and Vertex AI.

Best for: Generating and editing high-quality images inside your own apps and workflows.
When to use it: You want production image generation with an enterprise option, not just the consumer Gemini app.
Who benefits: Developers, marketing teams, and enterprises building image generation into their tools.

Googlefeature

Link·May 21, 2026

Gemini App Connectors for Canva, OpenTable, and Instacart

The Gemini app can now connect to Canva, OpenTable, and Instacart, so it can take actions in those apps instead of only looking up information.

Best for: Gemini app users who want it to finish a task in another app, not just answer a question.
When to use it: You want Gemini to book, order, or create something directly rather than hand you a link.
Who benefits: Marketers and creatives in the Gemini app, since the Canva link covers design ideas and asset handoff.

Googlefeature

Link·May 20, 2026

Agent Executor

Google's open-source runtime for deploying distributed AI agents that can pause, resume, and run on your own infrastructure.

Best for: Teams building agent workflows that run for hours or days and need to survive outages or infrastructure changes
When to use it: Deploying agents to custom or on-premises infrastructure, or when you need durable execution that resumes from a checkpoint
Who benefits: Platform engineers and enterprise teams building production AI agent systems who want to avoid vendor lock-in

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