Google Ends Free Gemini 2.5 Pro Subscriptions for Pakistani University Students

Google ended its one-year free AI Pro promotion for Pakistani university students. The company closed the enrollment window for the global program between October 2025 and March 2026, terminating a deal that provided 12 months of premium AI services for free.

The canceled offer gave students aged 18 and older full access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, Veo 3, Flow, and 2TB of cloud storage. In Pakistan, this software bundle normally costs Rs. 5,600 per month. The subscription also integrated advanced AI assistance directly into standard Google applications like Gmail, Docs, and Sheets.

While the premium promotion ended, Google still offers standard tiers for free. Students can continue to use Gemini Notebook—which Google renamed from NotebookLM in July 2026—without a paid subscription. The free plan manages server load through daily volume limits rather than locking specific features behind a paywall.

Under the standard tier, Google caps users at 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 chats, and three audio or video overviews per day. The default free Gemini plan runs on the Gemini 2.5 Flash model and grants limited daily access to the heavier Gemini 2.5 Pro model. Cross-application integrations remain active for standard free accounts.

Pakistan enrolls over 1.5 million students in higher education. These students currently rely on Google's free AI software to organize notes, draft essays, summarize reading lists, and interpret data. By operating Gemini Notebook and standard Gemini models, these students acquire practical experience using the exact data analysis and research tools required by employers in the current IT job market.