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31 Oct 2025, 02:38 PMIn July, Google had announced a free one-year AI Pro plan for college students in India.
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Reliance Jio has partnered with Google to offer the tech giant's Gemini AI Pro free of charge for its 5G subscribers for 18 months.
The partnership will allow eligible Jio subscribers access to Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro model via the Gemini application, Reliance said in a stock exchange filing.
Users will also gain access to sophisticated image and video creation capabilities through Nano Banana and Veo 3.1, alongside enhanced access to NotebookLM for academic and research work.
Google estimates the total value of these bundled services at approximately Rs 35,100 per subscriber. Customers can activate the offering through the MyJio application, with the youth demographic receiving priority access before a wider rollout.
Notably, in July, Google had announced a free one-year AI Pro plan for college students in India.
Google is the only foreign company to tie with an Indian telecom operator to provide free access to its subscription plans. Earlier this year, Perplexity tied up with Bharti Airtel to provide its Pro access to the telecom company's subscribers. Meanwhile, OpenAI is also making its ChatGPT Go free to users in India for a year, as the AI companies seek to tap into India's vast majority of internet users.
Google's partnership with Reliance follows the Indian conglomerate's recent announcement of launching an artificial intelligence division and striking a partnership with Google and Meta.
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