United Kingdom, Nov. 29 -- 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 ...