The Gemini app's subscription service, Google AI Pro, offers significantly enhanced features compared to its free tier. For a monthly fee of $19.99, subscribers can utilize up to 300 prompts daily for advanced problem-solving and 100 prompts for professional usage, which includes extended functionalities like complex math and coding.
Free users are restricted to 32,000 tokens, allowing for the processing of approximately 50 pages of text, while Pro subscribers benefit from a much larger capacity of 1 million tokens, equating to about 1,500 pages or 30,000 lines of code. File upload capabilities also differ, with free accounts limited to videos of 5 minutes and audio of 10 minutes, whereas Pro users can upload videos up to 1 hour and audio files up to 3 hours.
In January, Google modified the usage limits, separating the "Thinking" and "Pro" functionalities, which previously had combined restrictions. Free users face rolling limits on file uploads that reset after a designated period. Both tiers allow customization of responses through the "Instructions for Gemini" feature, enhancing user experience.