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Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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> 2 TB of storage in Photos, Gmail & Drive for you and up to 5 other people Keep in mind your files may be accidentally deleted if Google doesn't cancel this product first [1][2]. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/27/google_drive_files_di... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38431743

If you use any cloud storage, including others like dropbox or icloud, you must always assume that. Whether you're a business or an individual.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

#53
post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Which is about 20% more than I currently pay to OpenAI. ChatGPT Plus (which I assume is what they're competing with) is the same price - £18.99. Actually not a bad deal considering I'm already paying for Google One (for gdrive storage), so I can just combine the two services for the same price as ChatGPT.

> ChatGPT Plus (which I assume is what they're competing with) is the same price - £18.99. Odd - they're billing me $20 in USD, which works out at about £15 something. I'm using a card with no currency conversion mark-up.

They're billing me $24 USD. It used to be $20 but then they realised they weren't including tax (20% = $4) for UK customers so they raised it.

Are you paying as a business maybe? Or perhaps you're just lucky and they missed you haha

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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post #46

I subscribed for it. But then it redirects to https://gemini.google.com/ which throws 404. When I went to https://bard.google.com it shows Bard Advanced. Is Bard advanced same as Gemini Ultra?

I believe so. They haven't announced anything yet but should be getting official launch soon.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

#56

> 2 TB of storage in Photos, Gmail & Drive for you and up to 5 other people Keep in mind your files may be accidentally deleted if Google doesn't cancel this product first [1][2]. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/27/google_drive_files_di... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38431743

Also, other people should have an account associated with the same country as your account. Discovered this the hard way when my parents no longer could renew their Google Photo storage because of the sanctions.

One anecdote, I live in one of the European countries that put sanctions onto yours, and I cannot use many Google of services either.

This European country simply doesn't exist in many of the Google forms, despite being on the "good side" and being no different than Finland or Germany.

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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post #18

edit Sadly not! Sounds like you can theoretically do the old Xbox game pass trick of loading up Gold and then upgrading. £25 for an annual standard plan, and then upgrade to Ultra. First 2 months free, so potentially 14 months for £25 (then £18.99 a month after). No idea if this works in practice! "If you upgrade, your plan will be active immediately, and the remaining time on your current plan will be credited towar…

Thanks for the tip but it doesn't seem to work that way. It looks like they convert your subscription value into however many days it could get at this new pricing.

For instance I just did the annual upgrade for my plan (29.99€/y) and they credit me 40 additional days if I upgraded the plan (21.99€/m).

Re: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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post #46

I subscribed for it. But then it redirects to https://gemini.google.com/ which throws 404. When I went to https://bard.google.com it shows Bard Advanced. Is Bard advanced same as Gemini Ultra?

Gemini Ultra is the model. Bard Advanced (which probably soon will become Gemini Advanced) is the whole product. Like GPT-4 and ChatGPT.
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