Gemini AI Pro user exhausts 5-hour limit in minutes, Google responds

Google’s revised usage system for its Gemini AI subscriptions is drawing criticism from some paid users. Complaints are emerging that the new compute-based limits are significantly more restrictive than the earlier prompt-based model. The issue was recently highlighted after a Google AI Pro subscriber claimed that a single attempt at generating an AI avatar video exhausted his entire five-hour usage allowance within minutes, despite the output reportedly failing to generate successfully.

Google has said it will look into it.

Google recently shifted Gemini subscriptions towards a compute-style quota system instead of fixed prompt limits. Under the updated model, usage is now calculated based on factors such as prompt complexity, feature usage, processing load, and interaction length. For Google AI Pro subscribers, the limits refresh every five hours until the user eventually reaches their broader weekly quota.

The latest criticism surfaced after a user named Ashutosh Shrivastava shared his experience on X. According to the post, the user started with zero usage on his five-hour limit before trying Gemini’s avatar-based AI video generation feature with what he described as a simple prompt.

The user claimed that the request processed for around three to four minutes before consuming 100 per cent of the available five-hour quota. He further stated that the video generation failed despite the quota being exhausted. A screen recording shared online appeared to show the rapid depletion of the usage allowance during the process.