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Title: Google brings free Gemini access to India's largest carrier

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:06:27 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-brings-fre...

GoogleΓÇÖs AI ambitions are global in scale, so much so that it has just
agreed to give Gemini away for free in India to people using the country's
biggest mobile provider. Thanks to a deal with Reliance Intelligence, an AI-
focused subsidiary of Reliance Industries, people signed up to JioΓÇÖs
Unlimited 5G plan will be offered Google AI Pro at no extra cost for 18
months.

That means that qualifying users will have access to Gemini 2.5 Pro,
GoogleΓÇÖs most advanced AI model. They will also benefit from higher limits
for the Nano Banana and Veo 3.1 AI image and video generators, plus expanded
access to NotebookLM. The plan also includes 2TB of cloud storage across
GoogleΓÇÖs apps, for a total combined worth of around 35,100 rupees ($396)
per user.

The offer will initially be exclusive to Jio customers between the age of 18
and 25, but will eventually extend to all people on an eligible plan via the
MyJio app. Jio is India's largest mobile network operator, and a company in
which Google purchased a 7.7 percent stake worth $4.5 million in 2020.

India is fast becoming a key battleground for AI expansion. Back in July,
Perplexity AI partnered with Bharti Airtel, JioΓÇÖs rival carrier, to offer a
year-long Perplexity Pro subscription worth $200 to all of AirtelΓÇÖs 360
million customers. OpenAI is also adopting an aggressive strategy in the
country, recently debuting its cheapest ChatGPT subscription to date, at 390
rupee ($4.60), in India first. ChatGPT Go offers users 10 times more message
limits, image generation and file uploads than the free version.

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