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Amanda Caswell

Gemini’s free tier is capped at 5 prompts — here’s how to get more without upgrading

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Google is becoming more transparent lately. First the company shared how much energy is used with a single prompt, and now the company is sharing exactly how many prompts you can actually run with Gemini. Of course, the answer depends on how much you’re willing to pay for your queries.

Previously, the company stated that those using Gemini for free had “limited access,” which is vague and left users wondering what exactly counts as a prompt. Even tying, “Hi,” will use up one of your daily interactions. Plus, users were left wondering when the daily counter actually resets, was it a fixed 24-hour window, tied to server time or a rolling reset? Up until now, nobody really knew. Here are the answers to these questions.

How to get more with the free tier

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