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 says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will now deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher.

Google announced Wednesday that its Gemini AI is coming to enterprise subscribers and that real-time AP news is coming to Gemini chats. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) said on Wednesday that it has signed a deal with the Associated Press to boost results in its Gemini app. As part of the deal, the AP will deliver a feed of "real-time" information to enhance what users look for in the Gemini app,

Alongside the Nest updates, the Google Home app is also getting expanded support for smart locks connected via Matter, adding the ability to set passcodes, among other features. The lock updates are rolling out through the app’s “Public Preview” feature on Android, with iOS support coming in early 2025.

Nest Protect smoke alarms are finally moving from the old Nest app to Google Home, starting with the Public Preview for Android users. You can now manage your Nest Protect alarms in Google Home, get alerts,

Starting in the Public Preview, the Google Home app is finally adding support for the Nest Protect, as well as Matter-certified smart locks.

YouTube and Google, together with Google.org, are contributing $15 million toward relief efforts aiding those impacted by the Los Angeles-area wildfires. The contribution will go to organizations including Emergency Network Los Angeles,

YouTube, Google and Meta are pitching in to help L.A. recover from the wildfires that have caused devastation across the region and forced thousands to evacuate in the past week. Google and YouTube are contributing $15 million to L.

YouTube and parent Google said Wednesday they are contributing $15 million to organizations providing relief efforts during the ongoing L.A. wildfires. Along with charitable arm Google.org, the tech giants are giving funds to Emergency Network Los Angeles,