Gemini users are frustrated by new usage limit changes
9to5Google • • technology
Key Points:
- Google has introduced new compute-based usage limits for its Gemini AI, factoring in chat length, feature use, and prompt complexity, with limits resetting every five hours and a weekly cap.
- Paid plans have been restructured with clearer usage limits: AI Plus offers double the free tier limits, AI Pro quadruples the free tier, and higher-tier plans provide even more, but some users feel the value per dollar has decreased.
- The changes, effective May 20, have sparked user backlash, particularly over perceived reductions in usage compared to previous plans and dissatisfaction with stricter overall limits amid industry-wide resource constraints.
- Google acknowledges the increased resource demands, especially with the new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, which is more compute-intensive, leading to faster consumption of usage quotas.
- Despite criticism, Google has partially responded by tripling rate limits in its Antigravity service and continues to expand Gemini’s capabilities with new features like lifelike video and AI detection in Search and Chrome.