Though Gemini may be less popular than ChatGPT, the technology itself has been advancing. Last year, Google introduced Gemini Live, a way to carry on real-time conversations with the AI bot. In December, the company unveiled Deep Research, an agentic feature for Gemini Advanced designed to conduct research on your behalf.

Before this change, Workspace customers had to pay an extra $20 to get Gemini AI. Now, Google has added the AI features as part of the subscription without an additional charge bu

The Gemini AI assistant will now be included in Workspace subscriptions, a sign generative AI is fast becoming table stakes in office apps. Meanwhile, Google is bumping up prices for its paid Workspace plans.

Google has added AI features to its regular Workspace accounts for business while slightly raising the baseline prices of Workspace plans. Previously, AI tools in the Gemini Business plan were a $20 per seat add-on to existing Workspace accounts,

Instead of a $20 or $30 standalone plan, Google added a few dollars to its business tiers and applied the Gemini generative AI to all plans.

Google adds AI features to Workspace, but two dollar price hike and unclear settings confuse users. Google Workspace AI tools are free to try but come with a $2 price hike. Opting out of AI features requires contacting support for business accounts.

Google stated in the early hours of Wednesday that all AI features in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet are now free of charge for Workspace customers, though the plan will cost an additional $2 per month per person.