Google is loosening Gemini's new usage limits after users hit caps too fast

Google is capping how much quota a single prompt can use and making Flash-Lite prompts free after users burned through limits rapidly

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Google $GOOGL announced several changes to Gemini's usage limits after subscribers complained about hitting caps with only a handful of prompts.

The company switched to a compute-based usage system at I/O 2026 last week, moving away from the previous prompt-based limits. Rather than counting individual prompts, the system weighs factors like request........

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