In October 2026, Google plans to introduce low, medium, and high computational effort settings for Gemini models, which will allow users to adjust reasoning depth at the expense of their weekly usage limits.

From the articleGoogle Gemini sets new limits for free users: What changes, which features will remain available; checkAlso in Google Limits Gemini Models for Free and AI Plus Users, Adds Deep Think to AI Pro, Gemini’s free tier is getting a major downgrade from October 9