Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- The Google Home app has code strings that reference a brand new Google subscription bundle.
- The wording suggests the bundle could embrace Nest Aware, Google One, and “more,” though it’s unclear what the “more” could be referencing.
- Google not too long ago dismantled Pixel Pass, a earlier subscription bundle it supplied.
When you consider it, Google has a whole lot of subscription companies. There’s Google One, which affords cloud storage together with quite a few different Google perks. Nest Aware helps its Nest good house merchandise, YouTube has a number of subscription packages below its roof, and even Fitbit Premium is a Google product now. It’s lots!
However, it seems to be like Google could be engaged on a approach to bundle a minimum of two of those companies collectively. According to an APK teardown of the Google Home app (v3.7), an “all-in-one plan” could be supplied quickly. As found by 9to5Google, a code string clearly defines the Google subscription bundle as “Nest Aware, 2TB of storage for Photos, Drive, and Gmail, and more benefits.”
It’s unclear what the “…and more benefits” portion means. It could be that different companies are included right here, akin to premium YouTube membership or another Google-owned service. However, it’s additionally doable it could simply be referencing different Google One advantages not listed there, akin to entry to a free VPN.
Either means, the alleged bundle contains Nest Aware and a 2TB Google One plan, which is a reasonably helpful combo for folk with a Nest-based good house.
Of course, bundles are solely useful in the event that they prevent cash. Google not too long ago elevated the value of a Nest Aware subscription to $8 every month, and a 2TB One plan prices $9.99 every month. Therefore, if this bundle doesn’t value lower than $17 every month, what can be the purpose of bundling?
Interestingly, this rumor of a brand new Google subscription bundle comes proper on the heels of the loss of life of a earlier subscription bundle referred to as Pixel Pass. Pixel Pass bundled a number of Google companies collectively and included the newest Pixel cellphone. However, it didn’t even make it two years earlier than Google shuttered it simply weeks earlier than the Pixel 8 launch.