By Abner Li
Publication Date: 2025-11-27 21:19:00
Since the launch of Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro, Google looks to have limited what free users can access in response to high demand.
When Gemini 3 Pro launched, free users (or those “without a Google AI plan”) got “Up to 5 prompts / day.” This matched Gemini 2.5 Pro access limits before the latest model launch. Additionally, they could use Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) generation and editing with “Up to 3 images / day.”
In the past few days, Google updated the access limits. Free users are now just guaranteed “Basic access” where “daily limits may change frequently” when using Thinking with 3 Pro.
That could be interpreted in either direction, but it’s most likely a decrease given the industry’s general demand trend lines. Supporting that is how Google has updated Nano Banana Pro access to a hard “2 images / day” with a note about how: “Image generation & editing is in high demand. Limits may change frequently…