Google to give 18-month free Gemini access to Reliance Jio users in India

Google said it will offer 18 months of free access to its Gemini AI suite for all 505 million Reliance Jio subscribers in India, part of a broad commercial tie-up. The initiative aims to accelerate AI adoption by bundling advanced conversational and generative tools with mass-market telecom distribution. Observers expect the move to intensify competition with other cloud and AI vendors targeting the Indian market and to catalyse demand for local AI services and device integrations.