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Google One Splits AI Ultra Into Two Paid Tiers and Updates Upgrade Flow

The company now shows AI usage allotments next to storage in the in-app upgrade flow to help users monitor new compute-based Gemini quotas.

Overview

  • Google announced at Google I/O 2026 that it split its top AI Ultra offering into two paid tiers: a $200/month plan with much higher usage and 30TB of storage, and a $100/month plan with lower usage and roughly 20TB of storage.
  • Gemini moved to compute-based quotas that count work by complexity and session length rather than fixed prompt counts, a change that can make paid users consume their allotment faster on heavy tasks.
  • Early buyers and reporters found the two plans confusing because both use the name “AI Ultra” and the in-app upgrade flow initially only showed price and storage without clear AI usage details.
  • Vikas Kansal, Google’s lead for Gemini subscriptions, confirmed that Google has begun rolling out an upgraded purchase flow that displays AI usage allotments alongside storage and that the two tiers are available now without a name change.
  • Google has already published a usage dashboard and adjusted backend limits in response to user feedback, and clearer UI visibility aims to reduce surprise over limits while watchers look for further quota tweaks or renaming of the tiers.