The return to university classes comes with a proposal from Google for students: one year at no cost of its artificial intelligence plans, along with new tools for studying, organizing assignments, and exploring complex topics. The offer varies by country, so it’s worth checking your eligibility before signing up.
One year of Gemini at no cost
Eligible university students in the United States can get the Google AI Pro plan for 12 months, normally valued at $19.99 per month. It includes higher usage limits in Gemini, access to Gemini Spark, integration with Gmail and Google Docs, 5 TB of storage, and Google Health Premium, among other benefits.
For eligible students outside the United States, Google offers one free year of Google AI Plus. This plan includes access to Gemini Omni, doubled usage limits, 400 GB of storage, and other features, although availability may vary by region.
There is also a package that combines Google AI Pro with YouTube Premium, offering a discount of up to 70% for those who want to combine study tools with music and ad-free video.
The promotion is aimed at eligible university students and may be subject to requirements, deadlines, and country-specific terms.
A study center inside Gemini
Google has also introduced a student center within the Gemini app. The idea is to bring several useful semester tools together in one place: creating a study notebook, generating flashcards, preparing practice quizzes, and checking the available offers.
You can access it at gemini.google.com/students. What’s the goal? So you don’t have to search for each tool separately when you’re trying to organize a course or prepare for an exam.
Study notebooks with your own materials
Study notebooks let you upload class notes, documents, and other materials to build a personalized learning plan. Gemini can break topics into smaller sections, create short lessons, and prepare quizzes to identify which concepts you need to reinforce.
The tool also includes a progress dashboard to track your advancement. In the coming weeks, Google plans to add charts and images to lessons and allow Gemini to identify important dates in a syllabus and add them to Google Calendar, always with the user’s authorization.
With Google AI Plus and Google AI Pro, students will be able to create more notebooks and work with a larger number of sources.
Visual and interactive explanations
We don’t all learn in the same way. That’s why Gemini includes interactive visualizations capable of generating tables, grids, and 3D simulations adapted to the student’s question.
For example, you can ask for a three-dimensional representation of DNA and rotate or zoom in on it to examine its structure. You can also explore how a pendulum exchanges energy or analyze a company’s cash flow using an interactive table.
These features don’t replace a class or a textbook, but they can turn an abstract explanation into something much easier to examine.
Deep Research comes to Gemini Live
Gemini Live lets you talk with AI in a more natural way, even while reviewing a problem, analyzing Google Drive documents, or studying from your phone. It now also integrates Deep Research capabilities.
You can ask it to investigate a topic and generate a detailed report through several stages of analysis. Gemini can then continue working in the background, even if you close the conversation or lock the screen. When the report is ready, you’ll receive a notification.
You can then discuss the results, ask additional questions, or request changes without having to start from scratch. The system maintains the report’s context as you move from typing to speaking.
A useful aid, not a substitute for learning
The new tools can help you organize a complicated week, discover gaps in your knowledge, or better understand a difficult idea. But it’s still important to review the answers, cross-check the sources, and make sure your use of AI complies with your university’s rules.
Google’s proposal reflects something that is already happening in education: artificial intelligence is moving from a futuristic curiosity to an everyday tool. The difference will lie in how you use it. To copy an answer, or to truly understand the topic in front of you?
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https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/student-offer-google-ai