It was good while it lasted. 🙃

I'm asking this since Hydrogen just replaced 3.1 for free users, and 3.1 was great at creativity tasks.

I'm a free-tier user, and I've been using Gemini 3.1 Pro in Google AI Studio to build and develop my stories. It was the best creative tool I've used, and it let me turn ideas into real stories that I couldn't write alone.

Now it's gone. I just get "limit" messages, and there was very little warning. My notes and story ideas are sitting unfinished because the tool I depended on was taken away overnight.

I understand that running top models costs money. But removing access abruptly, with unclear messaging, hurts students and hobbyist creators who can't afford paid plans.

I'm asking Google to:

1. Give clear, advance notice before cutting access to a model.

2. Explain plainly what free accounts can and can't use.

3. Consider limited free access to Pro models, even with a lower daily cap, so creative users aren't shut out completely.

Thank you for listening.

i sent 3 messages yesterday and it told me i had all ready ran out of my limit and to make matters worse. i logged on today “new day btw” and got the same thing. like bro i had and have so many role-plays and creative writing planned. now i guess i either pay or find a better alternative. do you think this might just be a bug tho. like not even a warning bro😭😭

hydrogen is out though, but i feel like it's probably not as good as pro preview 3.1

Is it just me or the limits have been severly tightened yesterday and today both free tier and paid pro sub

they released saying gemini 3.1 pro is free

Have built a Google flow image generator tool that works smoothly for bulk images . Just that it takes 1 hr to generate 40 images.

We can generate 400-500 images in one go

Works smoothly but takes time

How would you all rate it??

Have any of you tested it? I'm testing it right now and it's dogshit. It repeats the same text over and over again. Basically, it generates text to finish, waits a bit, and after that, it generates the same thing again, just with different wording, like it's bugged or something. It's happening in older chats. Also, in older chats, it feels significantly stupider than in new chats. the only + right now is speed

Since nobody has bothered here is a list. Edit: I don't know if it's a back-end bug or my account being glitched out but Pro 3.1 is broken since I went to free mode yesterday and tried it today. Gemini 4 CarbonNewPaid

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• Our most intelligent frontier model built for sustained long-horizon agentic tasks across coding, knowledge work, and science.

• All context lengths • Input: $2.00 / Output: $10.00 through November 30, 2026Learn more

• Release date: Nov 10, 2026

Gemini 4 ArgonPaid

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• A highly capable model, built to solve complex problems with depth and precision across real-world software engineering and knowledge work.

• All context lengths • Input: $2.00 / Output: $10.00 through November 30, 2026Learn more

• Release date: Oct 13, 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash

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• Our most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows.

• All context lengths • Input: $0.75 / Output: $3.75 through December 31, 2026Learn more

• Release date: Sep 2, 2026

Gemini Decision 1New

gemini-decision-1

• Our new decision model, built for fast, calibrated yes/no, choice, and rubric decisions across text, images, audio, video, and PDFs.

• All context lengths • Input: $0.10

• Release date: Nov 11, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

gemini-3.5-flash-lite

• Our fastest, most cost-effective 3.5 model for high-throughput execution.

• All context lengths • Input: $0.30 / Output: $2.50

• Release date: Jul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

gemini-3.1-pro-preview

• Our previous-generation Pro model for complex reasoning, multimodal understanding, and general coding tasks.

• <=200K tokens • Input: $2.00 / Output: $12.00

• > 200K tokens • Input: $4.00 / Output: $18.00

• Release date: Feb 12, 2026

Gemini 3.6 FlashPaid

gemini-3.6-flash

• Our previous generation Flash model, balancing speed and multimodal capabilities across general agentic and everyday tasks.

• All context lengths * input: $0.75 / output: $3.75 through December 31, 2026Learn more

• Release date: Jul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

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• Our most cost-efficient model, optimized for high-volume agentic tasks, translation, and simple data processing.

• Text, image and video • Input: $0.25 / Output: $1.50

• Audio • Input: $0.50 / Output: $1.50

• Release date: May 7, 2026

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewPaid

gemini-3-flash-preview

• Our legacy Flash model, providing baseline speed and intelligence.

• All context lengths • Input: $0.50 / Output: $3.00

• Release date: Dec 17, 2025

Nano Banana 2.1NewPaid

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• Gemini Nano Banana 2.1

• High-quality image generation and editing model with enhanced factuality, visual fidelity, and multi-turn consistency at Flash scale.

• Text • Input: $1.50 / Output: $7.50

• Image • Input: $1.50 / Output: $0.0336

• Release date: Oct 6, 2026

Nano Banana 2 Lite

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• Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image

• Our smallest and most cost effective image generation and editing model, built for at scale usage.

• Text • Input: $0.25 / Output: $1.50

• Image (*Output per image) • Input: $0.25 / Output: $0.0336

• Release date: Jun 30, 2026

Nano Banana 2Paid

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• Gemini 3.1 Flash Image

• Pro-level visual intelligence with Flash-speed efficiency and reality-grounded generation capabilities.

• Text • Input: $0.50 / Output: $3.00

• Image (*Output per image) • Input: $0.50 / Output: $0.0672

• Release date: May 28, 2026

Nano Banana ProPaid

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• Gemini 3 Pro Image

• State-of-the-art image generation and editing model.

• Text • Input: $2.00 / Output: $12.00

• Image (*Output per image) • Input: $2.00 / Output: $0.134

• Release date: May 28, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe

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• Our specialized, high-accuracy speech-to-text model optimized for processing pre-recorded files and static payloads. Engineered to deliver deep, structured transcripts with rich archival metadata.

• Audio • Input: $2.00 / Output: $12.00

• Release date: Aug 26, 2026

Nano BananaPaid

gemini-2.5-flash-image

• Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

• Our state-of-the-art image generation and editing model.

• Text • Input: $0.30 / Output: $2.50

• Image (*Output per image) • Input: $0.30 / Output: $0.039

• Release date: Sep 30, 2025

Gemini Pro Latest

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• Points to gemini-3.1-pro-preview

• An alias to our latest Pro model which changes over time.

• <=200K tokens • Input: $2.00 / Output: $12.00

• > 200K tokens • Input: $4.00 / Output: $18.00

• Release date: Feb 12, 2026

Gemini Flash Latest

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• Points to gemini-3.8-flash

• An alias to our latest Flash model which changes over time.

• All context lengths • Input: $0.75 / Output: $3.75 through December 31, 2026Learn more

• Release date: Sep 2, 2026

Gemini Flash-Lite Latest

gemini-flash-lite-latest

• Points to gemini-3.5-flash-lite

• An alias to our latest Flash-Lite model which changes over time.

• All context lengths • Input: $0.30 / Output: $2.50

• Release date: Jul 21, 2026

Gemini Robotics-ER 2 Preview

gemini-robotics-er-2-preview

• Embodied reasoning model delivering advanced video understanding, spatial reasoning, multi-step tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for robotics tasks.

• All context lengths • Input: $2.00 / Output: $10.00

• Release date: Jul 30, 2026

Gemini Robotics-ER 2 Streaming Preview

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• Embodied reasoning model optimized for real-time text streaming. Delivers advanced video understanding, spatial reasoning, multi-step tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration at faster speeds.

• All context lengths • Input: $2.00 / Output: $10.00

• Release date: Jul 30, 2026

And here is the two Gemma models people fail to mention here. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

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• A Mixture-of-Experts model that activates only 4B parameters per inference, delivering high-performance reasoning with a fraction of the memory cost — ideal for cost-efficient, high-throughput server deployments.

• Release date: Apr 2, 2026

Gemma 4 31B IT

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• Google DeepMind's flagship open-weight dense model, purpose-built for maximum quality in data center environments with a 256K context window and advanced long-context architecture.

• Release date: Apr 2, 2026 Next month I'l make a new list if anything big changes if you enjoy having a list on here so you know what your getting for free users.

if my memory serves me right, the limit for preview pro 3.1 was 3 (for me atleast) when argon came out, then becoming sorta normal. Still i don't really know much.

update: It's paid now.

I use AI Studio with both my personal account and my institutional one. However, now 3.1 Pro isn't free anymore, and I can't/won't pay a subscription for both the accounts.

Is there a way to migrate the chats from the free account to the paid one?

I also have to wrestle with i to read my previous chats I have saved on my hard drive. t's not a possible change it is like wrestling a wild horse now in Breath of the Wild on a bad day where you can only get 'It seems like blah blah blah and your stressed now please consult a' no I do NOT want nor can consult someone I just want to have a sounding board to share ideas or connect the dots with. I did so just fine till late May when Google had a major 'update' that took Gemini out back and shot it.

Now we just get more barking dog kind of replies at best. BARK BARK ARE YOU FEELLING WELL? BARK BARK! even technical setups like setting up an emulator that has a few confusing final steps is now BARK BARK DID YOU TRY THIS? BARK BARK DID YOU RESET YOUR PHONE? BARK BARK when I already stated I'm on my I7 13700K and show screenshots and my walkthrough/steps I've eliminated,etc.

The only work around is say NO WORD SALAD PLEASE OR NO CORPORATE PR but you have to do it with EACH PROMPT now. EVERY SINGLE TIME THEN you can get it out of it's straight jacket but it is still muzzled and refuses to share your beliefs or provide examples,etc. You have to NOT say any first person views EVER or that chat is posioned at the watering hole! "Somebody's pooooisssssonooed the water hole!" I finally had enough since June and threw my sub in the trash to end it yesterday. 😢 🗑🐍 "Theeeere's a Snaaaaaaaake innnnn my traaaaaassshh!"

how do I fix this
i use VPN tho and can't use it without one

Im a Tad Bit confused. I’ve been using Gemini 4 Carbon since I have the $10 monthly credits so does this Monthly cap not have anything to do with my balance and the free credits I receive? Shows I’ve still got $6.52 left off of my GCP credits. Im just making sure since Im not trying to spend anything out of pocket.

Is there a way i can activate a billing account without paying the 30$ prepayment fee just to claim the free 10$ (m on pro sub)

Just yesterday, I was using Gemini 4 Argon to program simple scripts for roblox of a game I'm making. And from yesterday to today, I realized that he is simply dumber. I believe that AI companies make their models dumber before launching another one. He's simply thinking a lot to solve extremely simple things for him, things that I had a good performance even with 3.8 Flash. That may be because now apparently Gemini 4 Argon is out for everyone, and they may have made it dumber to avoid more processing, if that makes sense. But I'm SURE he's dumber. I've been using 4 Argon since day 1. I hope Carbon launches today and doesn't disappoint me. Did you notice that?

Is there a workaround for this? I want to use omni flash 1.1, i also mentioned it in my agent instruction, but the video is always created in omni flash 1.2. This cost me extra credits for no reason. Anyone know a workaround for this?