Reliance Jio announced Wednesday a partnership with Google to provide eligible users with 18 months of free access to Google AI Pro, a premium artificial intelligence service valued at ₹35,100 per user. The offer initially targets users aged 18-25 on unlimited 5G plans before expanding to all eligible Jio customers nationwide.
The strategic collaboration between Reliance Intelligence Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, and Google aims to accelerate AI adoption across India as part of Mukesh Ambani’s “AI for All” vision. Users can activate the offer directly through the MyJio app by clicking a “Claim Now” banner, with eligibility tied to unlimited 5G plans starting at ₹349.
The free subscription includes access to Google’s most advanced Gemini 2.5 Pro model, enhanced image and video generation tools through Nano Banana and Veo 3.1 models, expanded NotebookLM access for research and study, plus 2TB of cloud storage across Google Photos, Gmail, and Drive.
“This partnership’s goal is making India not just AI-enabled but AI-empowered,” Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani stated, emphasizing the collaboration’s aim to serve 1.45 billion Indians. Google CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the partnership’s potential to expand AI access across India’s consumer, business, and developer communities.
The announcement follows similar AI service offerings in the Indian market, including OpenAI’s free ChatGPT Go subscription and Airtel’s partnership with Perplexity Pro, indicating intensifying competition among tech giants to capture the rapidly growing Indian AI market.
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