Google To Restrict Gemini Model Access For Free, AI Plus Users From 9 October
Google officially announced that it will be changing access to specific Gemini models. In a recently published support document, the internet search giant said Gemini users without a AI subscription will lose access to the (3.6) Flash and (3.1) Pro models and will only have access to the (3.5) Flash-Lite model, starting 9 October. Unfortunately, […] The post Google To Restrict Gemini Model Access…
Google has announced it will be restricting access to certain Gemini models for free users starting 9 October. The changes will affect both AI Plus and non-premium users, who will no longer have access to the Gemini Flash and Pro models. Instead, they will only be able to use the Gemini Flash-Lite model. Even AI Plus subscribers will lose access to the Pro model and will be limited to using the Flash-Lite and Flash models.
However, AI Pro and AI Ultra users will retain access to all three models, with the AI Ultra plan offering access to Deep Think for "maximum parallel reasoning". This decision comes separately from Google's new compute-based usage limits, introduced in May. These limits consider factors like prompt complexity, feature usage, and chat length, meaning more demanding tasks can deplete a user's allowance more quickly.
Users can also select between low, medium, and high effort levels for each model, with higher effort levels providing more detailed responses but consuming more of the usage limit.
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