According to an updated support document this week, Gemini app users without a Google AI subscription will be limited to the (3.5) Flash-Lite model. Starting October 9, users who do not pay for Gemini will no longer be able to access (3.6) Flash or (3.1) Pro.
There are no regressions for AI Pro and AI Ultra . Rather, $19.99/month customers will get access to the Deep Think option for “maximum parallel reasoning” that’s currently just on the $99.99 and $199.99/month plans.
Gemini 3.1 Pro with Deep Think on AI Ultra
In October, the Gemini app also looks to be adding new “low,” “medium,” and “high” effort levels “for each available model.”
This will increase the model’s ability to complete tasks and provide more thorough answers to queries, but will also use more of your limit.
This will increase the model’s ability to complete tasks and provide more thorough answers to queries, but will also use more of your limit.
At the moment, you can just enable “Extended thinking: Complex problem solving.” The three new effort/thinking levels would match what’s available in Google AI Studio and Antigravity.
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