Gemini

Features

• Multimodal chat and file analysis. Chat with a multimodal model that handles text, audio and images. Upload a long document to get a synthesis; Google cites writing emails, debugging code, brainstorming and learning difficult concepts as common uses. Official source 1 ↗
• Deep Research reports. Deep Research browses and analyses hundreds of websites and writes a detailed research report in minutes, and you can ask follow-up questions about it. It is part of the free plan; Pro lists expanded access. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗
• Image generation and editing. Generate and edit images, including typography and infographics, with the Nano Banana 2 model, then refine styles and details. Image generation and editing is in the free plan, and paid plans list more access to image models. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗
• Video and music generation. Gemini Omni creates and edits videos through conversation, blending text, images and video. Lyria 3.5 generates complete music tracks with instrumentals, vocals and lyrics. The Plus plan list adds video generation over Free. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗
• Gemini Live voice chat. Gemini Live is built into the chat, so you can switch between talking and typing. While talking you can show Gemini what your camera sees and ask it to reimagine the scene with Nano Banana. Gemini Live is listed in the free plan. Official source 1 ↗
• Gemini Spark personal agent. Gemini Spark is a personal agent for Pro and Ultra subscribers in select countries. Given a task, it monitors, tracks and acts on your behalf under your direction; on desktop it can tidy folders or summarise local files into Google Docs and Sheets. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗
• Desktop shortcut, screen context and dictation. A global shortcut opens Gemini over your current work to ask questions, check facts or draft text. In the macOS app you can share screen context, dictate clean text into open apps and connect local folders to Gemini Spark; these native capabilities are coming to Windows over time. Official source 1 ↗
• Connected Google apps. Gemini can pull information from Gmail, Google Drive, Docs and Calendar to find details in email threads, summarise shared documents or cross-reference meeting notes. Paid plans also put Gemini inside Google apps: Plus lists Gmail and Vids, and Pro adds Docs. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗

Pricing & free limits

Billing details

Prices and availability vary by country. The Australian page lists Plus at A$7.99, Pro at A$32.99 and Ultra at A$149.99 or A$329.99 a month. Plus is offered in more than 160 countries and territories and Pro and Ultra in more than 150, and the US page notes that offers and pricing are subject to change. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗

Student offers also differ by country: the US page offers students Google AI Pro free for one year, while the Australian page offers students a Plus plan at no cost for one year as a promotion that expires soon. Official source 1 ↗ · Official source 2 ↗

Plans can be cancelled at any time, with no refunds for partial billing periods except as required by law, under Google One and Google terms. Google AI plans are only available to users aged 18 and over. Official source 1 ↗

Gemini app usage limits are compute-based, depending on prompt complexity, the features used and chat length. They refresh every 5 hours up to a weekly limit, and you can buy AI credits to extend them. Official source 1 ↗

Business use is sold separately as Gemini Enterprise: the Business edition starts at $21 USD per seat per month for up to 300 seats, and Standard and Plus editions start at $30 USD per seat per month through sales. Official source 1 ↗

Free access & limits

The free plan needs a Google Account and includes 3.5 Flash-Lite, image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas, Gems, limited Nano Banana Pro access in Google Flow and 15 GB of storage. Plus and Pro list 2x and 4x the Free usage limits, and video generation is listed from Plus upward. Official source 1 ↗

Best for & limitations

Summarising a long research document by uploading it and asking for a synthesis. Official source 1 ↗

Drafting a blog post: Gemini creates an outline and generates images to illustrate it. Official source 1 ↗

Researching a topic with Deep Research to get a detailed report in minutes, then asking follow-up questions. Official source 1 ↗

Finding details buried in email threads or summarising shared documents from Gmail and Drive without leaving the desktop. Official source 1 ↗

Comparing hotel and flight costs across several dates with Chrome auto browse (Pro and Ultra users in the US and India). Official source 1 ↗

Debugging an error or interpreting a chart by sharing what is on screen with the desktop app, a feature available today on macOS. Official source 1 ↗

• Inaccurate or biased responses. Google's Gemini app explainer (last updated 25 July 2024) says Gemini can confidently produce inaccurate or misleading information, including invented details, and that its responses can reflect biases in its training data. Official source 1 ↗
• Safety filters can misfire. Gemini may refuse reasonable prompts it misreads as inappropriate (false positives) or produce inappropriate responses despite its guidelines (false negatives). Official source 1 ↗
• Chats used to improve Google ML unless turned off. Per the 2024 explainer, future chats are used to improve Google machine-learning technologies unless you turn off the Gemini Apps activity setting. You can review, manage, export and delete Gemini data. Official source 1 ↗
• Features vary by plan, country and language. Gemini Spark is limited to Pro and Ultra subscribers in select countries, Chrome auto browse to Pro and Ultra users in the US and India, and Gemini Agent is listed as US only and English only. Google notes that age, language, system and other restrictions may apply. Official source 1 ↗
• Native desktop features on macOS first. Screen context, dictation and local-folder access with Gemini Spark are in the macOS app; Google says they will reach Windows over time. Official source 1 ↗