If you were hoping to create some silly images this long holiday weekend with Google’s new Nano Banana Pro model, I have some bad news: The company is restricting free use of the AI system. In a support document seen by 9to5Google, Google notes that free users can currently generate two images per day, up from three per day previously. “Image creation and editing are in high demand,” the company writes. “Limits are subject to change frequently and will reset daily.”
Google also appears to be limiting use of the free Gemini 3 Pro, with the document stating that non-paying users will get “Basic access – daily limits may change frequently.” When the company first started rolling out Gemini 3 Pro on November 18, it guaranteed five free prompts per day. That was in line with the Gemini 2.5 Pro. If you pay for a Google AI Pro or AI Ultra plan, your usage limits haven’t changed. They remain at 100 and 500 signals per day respectively.
Google isn’t the first company to enforce strict usage after a popular release. You may recall that OpenAI delayed the release of ChatGPT’s built-in image generator to free users after the feature became more popular than anticipated. However, OpenAI finally brought image generation to free users.
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