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TL;DR
- The Google Dwelling app has code strings that reference a brand new Google subscription bundle.
- The wording suggests the bundle might embody Nest Conscious, Google One, and “extra,” though it’s unclear what the “extra” may very well be referencing.
- Google lately dismantled Pixel Cross, a earlier subscription bundle it provided.
When you consider it, Google has numerous subscription providers. There’s Google One, which affords cloud storage together with quite a few different Google perks. Nest Conscious helps its Nest sensible house merchandise, YouTube has a number of subscription applications underneath its roof, and even Fitbit Premium is a Google product now. It’s rather a lot!
Nonetheless, it seems to be like Google may very well be engaged on a method to bundle at the least two of those providers collectively. In accordance with an APK teardown of the Google Dwelling app (v3.7), an “all-in-one plan” may very well be provided quickly. As found by 9to5Google, a code string clearly defines the Google subscription bundle as “Nest Conscious, 2TB of storage for Photographs, Drive, and Gmail, and extra advantages.”
It’s unclear what the “…and extra advantages” portion means. It may very well be that different providers are included right here, equivalent to 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, equivalent to entry to a free VPN.
Both means, the alleged bundle consists of Nest Conscious and a 2TB Google One plan, which is a reasonably helpful combo for people with a Nest-based sensible house.
In fact, bundles are solely useful in the event that they prevent cash. Google lately elevated the worth of a Nest Conscious subscription to $8 every month, and a 2TB One plan prices $9.99 every month. Due to this fact, if this bundle doesn’t price lower than $17 every month, what can be the purpose of bundling?
Apparently, this rumor of a brand new Google subscription bundle comes proper on the heels of the demise of a earlier subscription bundle referred to as Pixel Cross. Pixel Cross bundled a number of Google providers collectively and included the newest Pixel telephone. Nonetheless, it didn’t even make it two years earlier than Google shuttered it simply weeks earlier than the Pixel 8 launch.
