Just for context, I have google one, and as a result, get gemini plus. I only ever use gemini to generate images on flash 3.1 and the lowest thinking level. I have never changed these settings ever. Over the last couple days they completely inconsistent and absurdly high.

Another thing to keep in mind, I am not actually generating and using as many images as it may sound like. The overwhelming majority of the time it is me re-trying because gemini messed up, or making minor additional changes to previous images. I usually do not run conversations longer than 3-5 images because the AI starts to loop and not follow instructions. Most conversations I have are 1 or 2 long.

For most of 2024, 2025 and even the first half of 2026, I was able to do 100 images a day because each generation used 1% of my daily limit. That was the way limits always worked when I used it. In 2026 they added a weekly limit on top of that. Although I was still able to generate 100 images every day. At some this was reduced to 50. As each image generation now took up 2%

After that, they changed the system to have a 5 hour limit with weekly a limit (wtf even is that). It started out with images using 2%. So I was able to generate 50 every 5 hours which was even more than before and more than before and more than I was using. Not sure why but shortly after, the image cost was reduced to 1% and I was able to generate 100 every 5 hours. 500 every day was insane and I never even used 200 of that. Not too long after it changed back to 2% usage

Now we cut to the last couple days. Where the usage is entirely inconsistent and they seem to be going on a "whatever, screw you" basis. Three days ago I generated 8 images and it used up 100% of my limit for the 5 hour period and 15% of my weekly? WTF!? Yesterday It was even worse. I did a test. The first image alone used up 14% of the 5 hour period limit. The second used up 11%. The third used up 12% and I just gave up after that. I tested it again today. I was able to generate 13 images which each cost 3%. Out of nowhere the 14th image suddenly used up 20%. I generated another two images and I went from 69% to 100% used.

What in the unholy fk is going on? I have NEVER changed my settings. I am doing the same thing I always have. Why is it using so much and why is it so inconsistent? This annoyed me so much I decided made a reddit account to complain about it

I was an early supporter of Gemini because I loved the versatility of a lot of its products such as Notebook's massive context pool with live source toggling.

I wanted to test out Argon today after burning through usage at about 15% per pop just talking to it yesterday without a plan.

I use AI tools to help me with my creative writing - especially for keeping track of past character interactions and timeline continuity. I have been leaning on Claude and Opus 5.5 for my structure and Sonnet 4.6 to improve my prose.

I wrote an outline of the next chapter of the creative writing piece I have been working on and put it into both Argon and Opus with the usual context files like my style guide, past writings, character map, etc. Opus has a tiny context window even compared to standard Gemini (not Notebook and its super context), so I used the same outline and context tools for both as a control.

The first prompt gave them my outline and told them to rewrite it, keep whatever structure they want, but improve it and flesh out some subsection and scene ideas from a brainstorming list I put together

Both AIs gave me a fleshed out version of my outline with the exact same structure I gave them. I asked why and they both gave me the same response that since I gave them an outline, they were trained to follow the user outline despite my explicit command to improve it.

So the second prompt was to completely disregard the outline in the original prompt and create something new and better.

The third prompt I showed them the output of the other AI and asked then to evaluate it, give me frank criticism. Then rewrite the other's outline in a better way.

The fourth prompt I showed each the other AI's third result and told them to rewrite it using the same structure as the other for the outline but flesh it out better with better scenes and sections.

The fifth prompt I showed them the results of the 4th and told them to take the best parts of all 4 outlines and create the 5th and final perfect version.

The totally odd thing is what came out of the 5th prompt was almost identical between Argon High and Opus 5.5 High.

I had to stop at this point because Argon High was out of usage, but Claude and Opus 5.5 High was only at 41% usage. If I wanted I probably could have written the entire chapter with the usage I had left on Claude.

Absolutely ridiculous and the outcome was a little creepy and bizarre. Bodes ill for the future of AI-enhanced creativity.

I have been using Gemini's Android app for at least a year. This has always been an ongoing problem. Whenever I try to enter prompt text using the Gboard voice keyboard, the moment I stop speaking, the voice keyboard stops listening and working. I don't experience this problem in other apps, only in the Gemini app. In all other apps, when I pause while entering text with the voice keyboard, Gboard continues to work and listen to me. Google needs to fix this problem.

Just wondering if anyone else has sporadic issues with gemini accessing your emails. One day it works- next day it says it doesn't have access?

I've made sure to always be very direct- Please check my gmail/workspace and find out information about X.

One day- perfect, next day can't find it no matter what I do- I just end up swearing at it and switching to Claude. I really want to like gemini but apart from general search it's just so sub par.

For some reason I can't do anything, I keep getting "Something went wrong (1)", that happens on multiple accounts and devices, the only place where everything works normally is the Android app.

I tried this a few ways, sometimes more elaborate than others, but essentially a simple process. I would take a photo of my BP readings, and have the data extracted and update a google spreadsheet. It worked fine for a while, but now it wont add the data to the google sheets. Only after banging my head and redoing everything, did I find out that Google broke the feature that will update sheets.

It only seems to work on my phone logged in and also when I'm not logged into google on PC.

When I am logged in on PC the error screen in the second photo appears.

the command it gave was to install dark and vswhere but maybe the comment (#) told scoop somehow to purge everything