Google has updated its AI subscription plans with three new features that reach Europe and a fourth that stays limited to the United States. Voice tools now work in Gmail, Docs and Keep. Google Pics offers image creation and editing. Sheets canvas lets users turn spreadsheets into interactive mini-apps with a prompt. These are available on the relevant Pro and Ultra tiers, and voice also reaches Plus in some apps. The lead feature is Gemini Spark. For US Pro and Ultra subscribers it can handle web errands through Chrome, edit photos and curate albums, using saved passwords and logged-in accounts with human approval for payments. Spark is not sold in the European Economic Area, Switzerland or the UK. Google expanded it to more than 160 countries in July but left those markets out and has given no reason. European users pay the same prices for the same tiers yet do not receive the agentic capability the plans are being promoted on.
Google has updated its AI subscription plans with three new features that reach Europe and a fourth that stays limited to the United States. Voice tools now work in Gmail, Docs and Keep. Google Pics offers image creation and editing. Sheets canvas lets users turn spreadsheets into interactive mini-apps with a prompt. These are available on the relevant Pro and Ultra tiers, and voice also reaches Plus in some apps. The lead feature is Gemini Spark. For US Pro and Ultra subscribers it can handle web errands through Chrome, edit photos and curate albums, using saved passwords and logged-in accounts with human approval for payments. Spark is not sold in the European Economic Area, Switzerland or the UK. Google expanded it to more than 160 countries in July but left those markets out and has given no reason. European users pay the same prices for the same tiers yet do not receive the agentic capability the plans are being promoted on.