Gemini 3’s ’high demand’ has made Google change access limits
Google has tightened free-tier limits for Gemini 3 due to overwhelming demand, reducing prompt and image allowances as its servers struggle to keep up.
Google has tightened free-tier access to Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro after demand for the new models surged far beyond expectations.
When Gemini 3 Pro launched earlier this month, free users could send up to five prompts per day - the same limit previously offered for Gemini 2.5 Pro - plus generate or edit up to three images daily with Nano Banana Pro.
But in the past few days, Google has rewritten the rules.
Instead of fixed caps, free-tier users now get only “Basic access,” a vague designation that warns daily limits “may change frequently” based on server load.
That shift almost certainly means fewer prompts, not more.
Google has already confirmed at least one hard reduction: Nano Banana Pro is now capped at two images per day, with Google explicitly citing “high demand” as the reason and cautioning that limits could fluctuate.
The strain isn’t limited to the Gemini app, as NotebookLM’s new Nano Banana Pro–powered tools - Infographics and Slide Decks - were rolled back as Google hit capacity constraints.
Free users lost access entirely, and even paying Pro subscribers saw new restrictions.
Google has these cutbacks are temporary and promises normal access will return “as soon as we can”.
Infographics and Slide Decks were positioned as some of NotebookLM’s biggest upgrades, letting users generate visual summaries or full presentation decks in seconds.
Their sudden removal shows just how aggressively Gemini 3’s usage has grown, and how quickly Google’s infrastructure is being tested.
Paid users aren’t affected, as Google AI Pro still offers up to 100 prompts per day, and Ultra grants up to 500, with image-generation limits stretching into the hundreds or thousands.
