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TL;DR
- The Google House app has code strings that reference a brand new Google subscription bundle.
- The wording suggests the bundle might embrace Nest Conscious, Google One, and “extra,” though it’s unclear what the “extra” could possibly be referencing.
- Google just lately dismantled Pixel Cross, a earlier subscription bundle it supplied.
When you concentrate on it, Google has numerous subscription providers. There’s Google One, which provides cloud storage together with quite a few different Google perks. Nest Conscious helps its Nest good dwelling merchandise, YouTube has a number of subscription packages beneath its roof, and even Fitbit Premium is a Google product now. It’s quite a bit!
Nonetheless, it seems like Google could possibly be engaged on a solution to bundle at the least two of those providers collectively. In line with an APK teardown of the Google House app (v3.7), an “all-in-one plan” could possibly be supplied quickly. As found by 9to5Google, a code string clearly defines the Google subscription bundle as “Nest Conscious, 2TB of storage for Pictures, Drive, and Gmail, and extra advantages.”
It’s unclear what the “…and extra advantages” portion means. It could possibly be that different providers are included right here, reminiscent of premium YouTube membership or another Google-owned service. Nonetheless, it’s additionally potential it might simply be referencing different Google One advantages not listed there, reminiscent of entry to a free VPN.
Both manner, the alleged bundle consists of Nest Conscious and a 2TB Google One plan, which is a fairly helpful combo for people with a Nest-based good dwelling.
In fact, bundles are solely useful in the event that they prevent cash. Google just lately elevated the value of a Nest Conscious subscription to $8 every month, and a 2TB One plan prices $9.99 every month. Subsequently, if this bundle doesn’t value lower than $17 every month, what could be the purpose of bundling?
Curiously, this rumor of a brand new Google subscription bundle comes proper on the heels of the loss of life of a earlier subscription bundle known as Pixel Cross. Pixel Cross bundled a number of Google providers collectively and included the newest Pixel cellphone. Nonetheless, it didn’t even make it two years earlier than Google shuttered it simply weeks earlier than the Pixel 8 launch.