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 announced on Wednesday that all AI features in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet are now available to Workspace customers at no extra charge, though Google is making all AI features in Gmail, Docs,

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

Google is extending Gemini features to all Workspace subscribers and increasing the price of all Business and Enterprise plans.

Google announced that its full suite of AI tools, previously available only through the $20-per-user-per-month Gemini for Workspace plan, is now included in its standard offerings at no additional charge.

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.

There is a catch, though: as it makes this change, Google is increasing the price of all Workspace plans. Jerry Dischler, Google’s president of cloud applications, tells me companies will pay roughly $2 more per month per user for the AI-enabled Workspace than they were paying before.

Google is bundling its Gemini add-on across all Workspace Business and Enterprise plans, bringing AI to more users' workflow

There’s some good and bad news for users of Google Workspace. We’ll take a look at all of the changes. All of the AI features available in Gmail, Sheets, and more are now free. Previously, they cost an additional $20 monthly per user.