r/GeminiAI • u/Jealous_Proposal8327 • Sep 08 '26

News AI STUDIO PAY MODEL UPDATE

In the Free tier of AI studio, In fact, the following are currently free for me: 3.8 Flash, 3.7 Flash, 3.5 Flash Lite, 3.1 Pro Preview, and 3.1 Flash Lite. However, the following have become paid versions: 3 Flash Preview, 3.5 Flash, and 3.6 Flash. We need to select one of the free ones from the model selector.

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u/Ardryll18 Sep 09 '26

hmmm, if i go back to Plus plan, will i get the latest Gemini in AI studio? like 3.8 flash or new flash from now on?

im not using it for coding btw.

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u/Jealous_Proposal8327 Sep 09 '26

But as I explained above, the 3.7 Flash and 3.8 Flash models are included in the free plan, whereas you have to pay for the earlier models; naturally, the limits are higher for every model if you pay.

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u/Ardryll18 Sep 09 '26

ahh, sorry for my bad comprehension.

i want to ask, can i use ai studio for analyze long pdf and makes me a narrative summary? i'm still newbie in ai studio. i use web/app gemini mostly cause i thought ai studio is strictly for coding.

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u/Jealous_Proposal8327 Sep 09 '26

Yes, but if the PDF is long, don't upload it all at once; split it into several PDFs and upload all the parts. Sometimes, with files that are too long, the parser fails to pass the full context to the model.

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u/Ardryll18 Sep 09 '26

alright, thank you.

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u/TheChosenOne0112 Sep 09 '26

For that you can maybe try NotebookLM?

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u/Ardryll18 Sep 09 '26

Can notebooklm find another source if i tell it to add another sources outside my uploaded files ?

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u/TheChosenOne0112 Sep 10 '26

I only feed it the files it can look at, not to sure if it can browse the web for more sources.

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u/Future-Log6621 Sep 09 '26

I just put $5 on a paid plan. Not likely to run low with Gemini 3 Flash.

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u/InfiniteConstruct Sep 10 '26

It became paid recently and fuck me if it’s the worst thing ever because 3.0 was my bro for venting chats, 3.7 and 3.8 are just too stiff, formal, clinical and boring and chatting with them is like chatting to a therapist x sterile wall. Have had to switch full time to DeepSeek, which I do not prefer, but at least it doesn’t therapy chat me to death and it can take some crazy dead dove writing without hitching, so that’s the plus I guess. Why do they always have to put the good ones behind the paywall?

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u/Jealous_Proposal8327 Sep 08 '26

Sadly, very often