2025.12.07 – Google One Premium quietly turns into an AI power bundle

Key Takeaways

  • The Google One Premium 2 TB plan now includes the main tools from the Google AI Plus and Google AI Pro bundles, without a higher price.
  • People on this plan get higher access to Gemini 3 Pro, Deep Research, AI video with Veo 3.1 Fast, AI pictures with Nano Banana Pro, and extra video credits in Flow and Whisk.
  • Gemini tools are now built into everyday apps such as Gmail and Google Docs, so writing, study, and planning all become easier.
  • News in the Netherlands (Europe) confirms that these AI tools are now part of Google One Premium, while official Google pages explain each feature in more detail.
  • The 2 TB of cloud storage and the usual Premium extras stay the same, so the plan turns into a larger digital toolbox for the same monthly fee.

Story & Details

The quiet upgrade

At the end of the year 2025, a familiar cloud storage plan changed character. People with the Google One Premium 2 TB plan discovered that their storage bundle now comes with a set of high-end artificial intelligence tools that were once sold under the Google AI Plus and Google AI Pro names. Dutch technology sites in the Netherlands (Europe) report that Google has added these tools without raising the monthly price, which is about ten euros in that market for this level of storage and service.[4][5]

This change means that a product that started life as simple cloud storage now acts as a bridge into Google’s newest AI models. The shift reflects a wider trend: large technology companies use storage and productivity bundles as a way to bring advanced AI tools into daily life.

What exactly is included

The heart of the upgrade is access to Gemini 3 Pro, described by Google as its most intelligent model for reasoning, language, and code.[1][2][11] With higher limits on this model, people can run more complex tasks, longer chats, and richer projects than on a free tier. This includes helping with homework, study notes, planning a move to another country, or drafting a new business idea.

Alongside Gemini 3 Pro, the plan now includes Deep Research inside the Gemini apps.[1][3][6] Deep Research breaks a big question into many small steps, looks across the web and, if the user allows it, inside personal files such as documents, and then returns a clear report with main points and links. For someone studying for an exam, planning a big purchase, or learning about a medical system in a new country, this turns long reading tasks into a short, structured overview.

The video side of the story comes from Veo 3.1 Fast. Google presents Veo 3 as its state-of-the-art video generation model, able to make short, high-quality clips with sound from simple text prompts or reference pictures.[1][8][9][14][27] In this bundle, the “Fast” version is available inside Gemini, giving people a limited but useful number of short AI videos they can generate each month.

Pictures, credits, and creative tools

For visuals, the upgrade adds more access to Nano Banana Pro, a picture generation model launched by Google DeepMind in November 2025.[5] Nano Banana Pro is built to turn simple ideas into studio-style designs, with better text inside pictures and more precise control over style and layout. With higher limits in this plan, users can create many more AI-made posters, icons, concept sketches, or social images without extra fees.

The plan also includes a pool of AI credits that can be used in Flow and Whisk.[0][1][8] Flow is a video creation environment that lets people build cinematic scenes with AI, while Whisk focuses on turning still pictures into short clips. Each generated clip uses a small number of credits, and the new bundle gives a monthly allowance large enough for small creative projects or social content.

Built into everyday tools

One of the most important parts of this upgrade is not the models themselves but where they live. Google explains that Gemini now sits inside apps such as Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides.[1][7][11][13] This means that the same AI that writes code and answers complex questions can also help rewrite a letter in clear language, shorten a long report, draft a job application, or build a simple presentation.

For many people, this changes the daily rhythm of computer use. Instead of switching between a storage service, a separate AI chat page, and editing tools, they can type a request inside a document or mail draft and see Gemini suggest text, summaries, or structure on the spot.

How news and official pages describe the shift

Technology media in the Netherlands (Europe), including sites such as Tweakers and Nu.nl, describe the change as a major AI upgrade for Google One Premium.[4][5][10] They list the same core items: higher limits for Gemini 3 Pro, more Deep Research runs, video generation with Veo 3.1 Fast in Gemini, more AI pictures through Nano Banana Pro, AI credits in Flow and Whisk, and built-in Gemini in Docs and Gmail.

Official Google pages match this picture. The Google AI plans overview states that Google AI Pro gives higher access to 3 Pro, Deep Research, Nano Banana Pro picture creation, and Veo 3.1 Fast video generation, plus credits for Flow and Whisk.[0][1][2][8][11] The new link between these AI plans and Google One Premium brings this list into a storage-plus-productivity bundle that many users already pay for.

Safety and smart use

Any sudden change to a paid plan raises trust questions. Good digital hygiene suggests checking the change inside the official Google One site or app, instead of clicking on random links. The safest path is to sign in at the official Google One address, look at the current plan, and confirm that the new AI features appear there. Google’s own security advice also warns against entering payment card data, passwords, or one-time codes on websites that do not clearly belong to Google.

Once the new tools are confirmed, the plan becomes a rich set of simple examples. A student might ask Deep Research to build a short report on climate policy in the European Union. A small business owner could ask Gemini 3 Pro to draft polite replies to customer questions. A family might use Nano Banana Pro to design a party invitation picture and Veo 3.1 Fast in Flow or Whisk to turn holiday snapshots into short, fun clips. In every case, the same monthly price that once bought only storage now unlocks a wide range of AI support.

Conclusions

From cloud box to smart assistant

The Google One Premium 2 TB plan began as a safe place to keep photos, documents, and backups. With the new AI bundle attached, it now behaves more like a smart assistant that happens to include a large cloud box. Storage, writing help, research support, picture design, and short video clips all travel together in one subscription.

What this says about the next phase of AI

This shift also shows how fast AI is moving from separate “lab” tools into everyday products. By building Gemini 3 Pro, Deep Research, Nano Banana Pro, and Veo 3.1 Fast into a popular storage plan, Google links advanced models to ordinary tasks such as writing, studying, planning travel, and sharing memories. For users, the message is simple: the plan did not get more expensive, but it became much more capable.

Selected References

[1] Google – “Google AI plans with cloud storage.”
https://one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans/

[2] Google – “Gemini subscriptions: Google AI Pro and Ultra.”
https://gemini.google/subscriptions/

[3] Google – “Gemini Deep Research overview.”
https://gemini.google/overview/deep-research/

[4] Tweakers (Netherlands, Europe) – “Google One subscriptions get AI services.”
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/242254/google-one-abonnementen-krijgen-ai-diensten.html

[5] Nu.nl (Netherlands, Europe) – “Google subscribers get access to AI services at no extra cost.”
https://www.nu.nl/tweakers/6378371/google-abonnees-krijgen-zonder-extra-kosten-toegang-tot-ai-diensten.html

[6] Google – “Introducing Nano Banana Pro.”
https://blog.google/technology/ai/nano-banana-pro/

[7] Google – “Gemini AI video generation with Veo 3.1.”
https://gemini.google/overview/video-generation/

[8] Google – “Veo 3 state-of-the-art video generation model.”
https://aistudio.google.com/models/veo-3

[9] Google – “Get more with your Google One subscription.”
https://one.google.com/about/

[10] AIwereld (Netherlands, Europe) – “Google One Premium gets major AI upgrade: all AI Plus functions now included.”
https://aiwereld.nl/nieuws/google-one-premium-krijgt-grote-ai-upgrade-alle-ai-plus-functies-nu-inbegrepen

[11] Google – “Learn about Gemini, the everyday AI assistant from Google.”
https://gemini.google/about/

[12] Google DeepMind – “A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3” (video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98DcoXwGX6I

Appendix

Deep Research
Deep Research is a tool inside Gemini that takes a complex question, breaks it into steps, looks across many trusted sources, and then returns a short, clear report with key points and links.

Flow
Flow is a creative video tool from Google that uses AI models such as Veo to help people build short, cinematic clips from text ideas, storyboards, or reference pictures.

Gemini
Gemini is Google’s family of artificial intelligence assistants and models that can understand and create text, code, pictures, and video, and that live inside web, mobile, and productivity apps.

Gemini 3 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro is one of the most powerful Gemini models, designed for strong reasoning, long context, and advanced coding help, and it powers many of the premium AI features in Google’s plans.

Google AI Plus
Google AI Plus is a paid bundle that combines cloud storage with a set of AI tools, including access to Gemini, picture creation, and video generation features at a lower storage level.

Google One Premium
Google One Premium is a cloud storage plan from Google that offers 2 TB of storage and extra benefits, and now also includes higher access to Gemini 3 Pro and related AI tools at no extra cost.

Nano Banana Pro
Nano Banana Pro is an AI picture model from Google DeepMind that turns simple text prompts into high-quality designs, with better control over layout, style, and text inside the image.

Netherlands (Europe)
The Netherlands (Europe) is a country in Western Europe where several technology news sites, such as Tweakers and AIwereld, report on Google’s cloud and AI plans for local users.

Veo 3.1 Fast
Veo 3.1 Fast is a version of Google’s Veo 3 video model that can quickly generate short, high-quality video clips with sound from short text prompts or still pictures, and is available in Gemini and Flow.

Whisk
Whisk is a creative tool that uses AI to turn still pictures into short animated clips and to build simple video stories, often using credits that are included in Google’s AI subscription bundles.

Published by Leonardo Tomás Cardillo

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardocardillo

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