Updated October 26, 2026

Gemini student offer: a free year of Google AI Pro or AI Plus

Eligible college students aged 18 or older get a year of Google's AI plan free if they claim it by December 31, 2026: Google AI Pro in the US, and Google AI Plus in over 140 other markets. Claim it at one.google.com/ai-student with a payment method; it renews at $19.99 a month (AI Pro, US) or $4.99 (AI Plus, or the local price) unless you cancel. In NotebookLM, AI Pro raises a notebook from 50 to 300 sources and gives 4× the usage.

Gemini Notebook is NotebookLM's new name since July 2026. The offer's limits apply to both.

Who gets what

Where you study	Free for a year	After the year	Also includes
United States	Google AI Pro	$19.99 a month	5 TB of storage, 4× Gemini usage
Over 140 other markets where AI Plus is sold	Google AI Plus	$4.99 a month or the local price (₹399 in India)	400 GB of storage, 2× Gemini usage
Canada, Bolivia, Albania, Macau, Hong Kong, Tunisia	Not offered	–	–

For eligible college students aged 18 or older. Google's student page says new users and students whose 2025 AI Pro trial has ended can qualify, and that eligibility is checked again each year.
A valid payment method is required at sign-up, and you can cancel at any time.

From Google's announcement (August 19, 2026) and its Gemini for Students page, read October 26, 2026. The offer page for your country shows its price and terms.

How to claim it

Go to one.google.com/ai-student, signed in with the Google account you study with.
Choose Claim your offer and confirm that you're an eligible student.
Add a payment method. Nothing is charged during the free year.
Put a reminder in your calendar a few days before the year ends, and cancel then if you don't want to pay.

Steps from Google's announcement, read October 26, 2026. Google's student hub is at gemini.google.com/students.

What it adds to NotebookLM

	Free	AI Plus (student, outside the US)	AI Pro (student, US)
Sources per notebook	50	100	300
Notebooks	100	200	500
Usage	Standard	2× standard	4× standard

Gemini Notebook itself stays free for everyone; the offer raises its limits. The difference you'll feel is room: a whole course's lecture slides, readings and recorded lectures fit in one notebook, and heavy weeks of quizzes, flashcards and Audio Overviews don't run into the usage limit as soon.

Limits from Google's help page Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans, read October 26, 2026; Google says they may change. All the limits · NotebookLM pricing

Make the most of 300 sources

One notebook per course. Slides, notes, readings and recorded lectures together, then quizzes and flashcards from all of it. How to study with NotebookLM
Whole lecture series. Add every video of a course playlist at once, or merge the playlist into one source so it uses one slot. Add a YouTube playlist
Keep it findable. At hundreds of sources, folders, tags and search across every notebook matter more than the limit. Folders in NotebookLM
Spaced review. Send the flashcards to Anki, so cards come back over the weeks before the exam. NotebookLM flashcards to Anki

KastorFlow's Library map: 29 notebooks and 210 sources, grouped by topic such as CFA Level 1, AI agents and Climate, with lines where notebooks share sources, and the notebooks listed by topic beside it — Every notebook and source in one library, as a map or a list. Ctrl+K searches all of it.

KastorFlow, a Chrome extension we make, does the importing and organizing above. Its free plan covers search across every notebook, tags, collections, up to 10 folders and downloading Studio outputs, so a student stack of Gemini Notebook with the offer plus KastorFlow Free costs nothing for the year.

Before the free year ends

The plan renews automatically at the normal price. Cancel before the renewal date if you don't want to pay.
Google's help doesn't say what happens to a notebook holding more sources than the free plan's 50 once the plan ends. Export the notes and Studio outputs you need first. Export from NotebookLM
Graduating? Your eligibility is checked again each year.

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Questions

Is Gemini Pro free for students?

For a year, if you're an eligible college student and claim by December 31, 2026. In the US the offer is Google AI Pro; in over 140 other markets it's Google AI Plus. A payment method is required, and the plan renews at the normal price unless you cancel.

Who is eligible for the Gemini student offer?

Eligible college students aged 18 or older. Google's student page says new users and students whose 2025 AI Pro trial has ended can qualify, and that eligibility is checked again each year.

Do I need a credit card for the Gemini student offer?

Yes. Google requires a valid payment method at sign-up. Nothing is charged during the free year; after it, AI Pro renews at $19.99 a month in the US and AI Plus at $4.99 a month or the local price (₹399 in India), unless you cancel.

Does the student offer include NotebookLM?

Yes, through the plan's limits. Gemini Notebook, NotebookLM's new name, is free for everyone; Google AI Pro raises a notebook from 50 to 300 sources and gives 500 notebooks and 4× the usage, and AI Plus gives 100 sources, 200 notebooks and 2× the usage.

Is the Gemini student offer available in Canada?

No. Google's announcement lists Canada, Bolivia, Albania, Macau, Hong Kong and Tunisia as excluded from the AI Plus student offer, and the US gets AI Pro instead.

What happens when the free year ends?

The plan renews at the normal price unless you cancel. Google's help doesn't say what happens to a notebook holding more sources than the free plan allows, so export what you need before you cancel.