Google gives all uni students Pro for 1 year (gemini.google)

Google rolled out a student promotion giving university users expanded access to Google AI Pro features—centered on the Gemini ecosystem—unlocking unlimited chats, image uploads, personalized exam prep, Deep Research (synthesized reports with sources), Audio Overviews, and 2 TB of cloud storage. The offer emphasizes multimodal capabilities powered by the "2.5 Pro" model and Veo 3.1 Fast for turning text/images into dynamic videos, plus NotebookLM enhancements for more video/audio overviews. Gemini Live adds real‑time voice and camera/screen‑sharing tutoring, while integrations bring AI assistance directly into Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet for study workflows, writing help, and step‑by‑step homework support. For the AI/ML community this matters because it pushes advanced multimodal models into everyday student use, accelerating real‑world feedback loops, data scale, and expectations for educational assistants. Technical implications include broader testing of model robustness on diverse image/text/audio inputs, more labeled interactions for improvement, and competitive pressure on other providers. Practical caveats: the promotion appears time- and region-limited (the student offer reportedly expired Oct 6, 2025 in some regions, with a one‑month Pro trial available), and users should note auto-renewal billing and academic‑integrity and privacy considerations when adopting AI for coursework.