GOOGLE GEMINI- Charging monthly subscription fee

[BayouBoy3]

Don't forget to activate your free trial of Gemini Advanced if you already haven't. Not much time left to experience it free for 6 months then 19.99/month (which is insane IMO).

[3Fees]

Yikes . 20 dollars a month. Does Gemini cut lawns and do the dishes too.

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3Fees

[meself]

Might cook also haha

[MrGhoul]

Paying €20 a month is lunacy, I wouldn't even pay $10 for gemini.

[BayouBoy3]

I say we boycott!!

[Phaphie17]

Yeah mine says free only for one month than 20 a month....no thanks

[MobileMcPhoneface]

I'd rather not experience it and miss the functionality when the free trial expires. I am subscription averse and would never consider paying $20 / month.

[작두여장군]

Yeah I'm not paying 20 a month, that's crazy.

[RZ88]

The device lacks integrated camera lens caps. The elimination of Bluetooth S Pen functionality, a feature I use daily, presents a considerable disadvantage. Moreover, the post-year one subscription fee for Gemini, a feature offered free on competing Pixel devices, is a matter of concern, particularly given the added cost associated with the One UI 7 update on the S24 Ultra.

[realaud]

Didn't you know all this before you purchased the phone? The S-pen functionality has been widely discussed here and in tech blogs and you bought the phone anyway.  I know of no phone that has built-in lens caps -- that's usually a feature of phone cases - buy a phone case with the lens covers.  Gemini is offered free on Pixel devices because they are *Google* devices and, I imagine, would be a perk of owning a Pixel phone.  It's also been widely discussed that most AI features, such as Gemini would be free for a period and then go subscription based.  This is to get people used to using the features and, hopefully, become reliant enough on them to want to pay.