Gemini 3’s Thinking and Pro models no longer have the same usage limits, with Google separating the “shared pool” while raising limits in the Gemini app.
The Gemini 3 model picker has three options:
- Fast: Answers quickly — Gemini 3 Flash
- Thinking: Solves complex problems — Gemini 3 Flash
- Pro: Thinks longer for advanced math & code — Gemini 3 Pro
At launch in December, the Thinking and Pro models had the same shared usage limit of 100 prompts/day if you were an AI Pro subscriber or 500 prompts/day with AI Ultra.
Previously, usage of our reasoning models pulled from a shared pool.
In response to user feedback (“Many of you want more precision and transparency when deciding which model to use for your daily tasks”), Google is introducing “independent model limits.”
Your usage of our Thinking model (optimized for solving complex problems quickly) will no longer impact your Pro model limits (optimized for advanced math and code).
AI Pro now gets 300 Thinking prompts/day, while it’s still 100 Pro prompts/day.
Meanwhile, AI Ultra offers 1500 Thinking prompts/day, while it continues to be 500 Pro prompts/day.
This also applies to free users, but Google just lists “Basic access” (versus “General access” with Fast) for both Thinking and Pro today.
Whether you’re tackling a complex problem or coding, you now have the freedom to switch between models knowing that your quotas are working independently for you.
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