AI NewsGemini Users Left Frustrated as Google Shifts to Compute-Based Usage Limits

Gemini Users Left Frustrated as Google Shifts to Compute-Based Usage Limits

2:59 PM IST · May 22, 2026

Google is quietly restructuring the Gemini app's usage limit. After adding a weekly limit and releasing the new usage dashboard earlier this week, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now adopting a compute-based usage limit approach. Ditching the existing message-based count means users' usage will now be measured by the number of tokens they consume, which can significantly reduce their actual usage. Just hours after the change was rolled out, several users took to social media to complain that they hit the rate limit much sooner than before.