Google has quietly revised the usage terms for its AI services, reducing the free daily quota for its latest Nano Banana Pro image-generation tool from three creations per day to just two.
According to Google, demand for image generation and editing remains exceptionally high, and free-tier accounts are now limited to producing two images per day. The company also notes that these limits may fluctuate frequently and reset every 24 hours.
The restrictions extend beyond image generation: Google appears to have simultaneously curtailed free access to the Gemini 3 Pro text model as well.
Documentation now states that non-paying users receive only basic access, with daily limits that may shift unpredictably. This marks a clear departure from Google’s earlier policy announced on November 18, when Gemini 3 Pro launched with a guarantee of five free prompts per day—matching Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Paid subscribers, however, remain unaffected. Users on the Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra plans still retain their respective daily allowances of 100 and 500 requests.
This development underscores a familiar pattern: when new, highly popular AI models debut, the resulting surge in user traffic places immense strain on compute resources. A similar situation unfolded at OpenAI, where overwhelming demand for ChatGPT’s image-generation features forced the company to delay broader availability for free-tier users.
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