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Google’s latest attempt to fix token quotas is here: Say hello to Gemini 3.5 Flash Low

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Why This Matters

Google's introduction of Gemini 3.5 Flash (Low) addresses user concerns about token consumption by offering a more efficient model for simple tasks, enhancing user experience and productivity. This update reflects Google's ongoing efforts to optimize AI performance and resource management, which is crucial for developers and consumers relying on AI for software engineering and other applications.

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TL;DR Google has introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash (Low) to optimize token usage for simple tasks, following user complaints about tight limits in Antigravity.

The new Low variant generates roughly 45% fewer tokens than the original model, which has been seemingly renamed to Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium).

Alongside the new model, Google has reset the Gemini quota across all paid and free plans to assist users with software engineering tasks.

Google’s latest Gemini 3.5 Flash model has been quite a success. However, the company paired it with a quietly nerfed AI Pro plan, and the tighter Gemini usage limits ended up frustrating users, especially those who used it for coding in Antigravity. Google reacted by increasing Antigravity’s limits by 9x (across two increases), but that still doesn’t seem enough. Now, Google has introduced a new Gemini model that uses even fewer tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Varun Mohan, Director at Google DeepMind, working on Antigravity, noted user concerns that Antigravity was using too many tokens for simple tasks. Consequently, Google has now introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash (Low) as a way to optimize token usage for these simple tasks.

The original Gemini 3.5 Flash now seems to have been renamed to Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium). Google says the new Low variant generates around 45% fewer tokens than the Medium variant. Further, it also “generally” outperforms the older Gemini 3 Flash (Google is calling it “High” variant) on SWE tasks.

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Alongside, Google has reset the Gemini quota across all Gemini plans, paid or free. This ensures users have all the tokens they need for their SWE work this week.

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