November 29th Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro Since its publication, in response to the surge in user demandGoogleAccess to free users has been further restricted。
1AI understands that when Gemini 3 Pro is just launched, free users (i.e. “unsubscribed Google AI service plan”) can send up to five times a day (prompts) consistent with the previous free user limit of Gemini 2.5 Pro; in addition, free users can use Nano Banana Pro (i.e. Gemini 3 Pro image function) for image generation and editing, with a maximum of 3 images per day。
Over the past few days, however, Google has adjusted its access restrictions:Currently only Basic Access is available to free users and when using the Gemini 3 Pro Thinking function, the daily limit may change frequently.
Although there is room for a two-way reading of this expression, it is more likely that, in the light of the current high demand trends in the industry as a whole, it will actually mean a lower limit. In support of this, Google has clearly tightened the image generation and editing permissions of Nano Banana Pro to 2 per day, with the note stating: “The current image generation and editing requirements are extremely high, the limit may be adjusted frequently and reset daily.”
In addition, this Tuesday, the NotebookLM platform "Temporarily returned" provided access to some of the new features - the Infographs and Slide Decks functions, driven by Nano Banana Pro. Of these, free-of-charge users are no longer in a position to use the two functionalities at all; and Pro subscriptions are still accessible but are subject to additional use restrictions。
Google explains:“We are facing a certain amount of capacity pressure because demand is far ahead of expectations... but we plan to return to normal services as soon as possible.”
It is noteworthy that this adjustment did not affect the use limit for the Google AI Pro or Ultra subscriber Gemini applications。