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U.S. College Students Can Get Google One AI Premium for Free

Today, Google announced via a blog post on The Keyword that all eligible college students in the United States can enjoy free Gemini Advanced and Google One AI Premium. If you’re eligible for the offer, you’ll get 2TB of storage and access to advanced AI models like Gemini 2.5 Pro and Veo 2.

You’ll also get free access to Gemini Advanced, which uses Google’s most advanced and capable experimental model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, meaning you’ll get features like Deep Research, Gemini Live, and Canvas.

As a full-time student, one of the tools that has completely transformed how I approach studying is NotebookLM. Since Google One AI Premium includes NotebookLM’s premium tier, NotebookLM Plus, you’ll get access to it too if you’re eligible for this deal.

With the Plus version, you can create up to 500 notebooks, each with up to 300 sources. For comparison, the free version allows up to 100 notebooks, each with a maximum of 50 sources. The free version lets you generate three Audio Overviews, while the Plus version bumps that up to twenty.

With this deal, you’ll also be able to use Gemini features like Help me write in Google Docs, data analysis in Sheets, and image generation in Slides. Finally, you’ll also get access to an experimental Google Labs tool, Whisk, which you can use to generate images and videos.

Now, Google isn’t the first company to announce a deal like this for students struggling during exam season. In fact, OpenAI recently announced it’s giving away ChatGPT Plus subscriptions to eligible college students in the United States and Canada from March 31, 2025, to May 31, 2025.

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What makes Google’s deal so great is that it won’t end when your current semester’s finals do. If you sign up before June 30, 2025, you’ll get to enjoy the perks for the entire next academic year as well—through finals in spring 2026. Plus, all you need to sign up is a valid .edu address!

Google One AI Premium currently retails for $19.99/month, and since you’re getting it completely free for 15 months, this deal saves you nearly $300. If you’re a college student in the U.S. with an .edu email address, run to Gemini’s website and sign up for the Google One AI Premium plan ASAP. Deals this good don’t come around every day.