How Google’s New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage
How Google’s New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage
Google 新版 Gemini 使用额度机制解析及如何查看用量
Earlier this summer, Google rolled out a bunch of upgrades to its Gemini AI apps, making them more powerful than ever. Google’s AI can now work across more apps, and it’s getting increasingly difficult to use anything made by Google without bumping into some kind of AI feature or assistant.
今年夏天早些时候，Google 对其 Gemini AI 应用进行了一系列升级，使其功能比以往更加强大。现在，Google 的 AI 可以跨更多应用协同工作，而且在 Google 的产品生态中，几乎随处可见 AI 功能或助手的身影。
Besides all of the AI upgrades though, there are also new limits on usage. Google has completely revamped the way that AI usage is measured and metered out across the various tiers: Free, Plus, Pro, and Ultra.
除了这些 AI 升级之外，Google 还对使用限制进行了调整。Google 彻底重构了针对不同层级（免费版、Plus、Pro 和 Ultra）的 AI 使用量测量与配额分配方式。
If you’ve suddenly found yourself running out of credit at the Gemini AI bank and being told to wait before making any further prompt requests, this might be why. Here’s what’s changing, and how to check where your AI credit stands.
如果你发现自己突然耗尽了 Gemini AI 的“额度”，并被提示需要等待才能继续发送请求，这可能就是原因所在。以下是具体的变化内容，以及如何查看你的 AI 额度状态。
How AI Usage Is Changing
AI 使用机制有何变化
Google now measures Gemini AI usage by the computing power requirements of your requests, not by the number of requests you make. So, whereas before you might have been able to generate three videos a day, now you might find you can generate only two if the videos are particularly complex.
Google 现在根据请求所需的计算能力来衡量 Gemini AI 的使用量，而不是根据请求的次数。因此，以前你可能每天能生成三个视频，但现在如果视频内容特别复杂，你可能只能生成两个。
It makes more sense from Google’s perspective, because it’s measuring how much you’re actually costing the company and its data centers in terms of resources. However, it’s all a bit vague for end users, who are now less sure about when they’ll hit their limits—and it means you can’t rely on a rule like “5 image generations a day.”
从 Google 的角度来看，这种做法更合理，因为它衡量的是你实际消耗的公司资源和数据中心成本。然而，对于终端用户来说，这显得有些模糊，用户现在很难确定何时会达到上限，这也意味着你无法再依赖“每天生成 5 张图片”这样的简单规则。
What’s more, Google says in its support docs that “access is subject to change or may be limited based on testing, experimentation or availability”—which roughly translates as “some days may be different from others” when it comes to how much AI prompting you can do. Again, easier for Google to manage, more confusing for actual users.
此外，Google 在支持文档中表示，“访问权限可能会根据测试、实验或可用性而发生变化或受到限制”——这大致可以理解为，你每天能进行的 AI 对话次数可能会有所波动。这对 Google 来说更易于管理，但对实际用户而言却更加令人困惑。
The two main factors that go into how much AI you can use are the plan you’re on, and the complexity and length of your prompts—asking for a weather forecast versus asking for a mini-app to be coded, for example. On top of that, the Gemini AI model you use (for example, 3.5 Flash) makes a difference too. You can select the preferred model from the prompt box.
决定你 AI 使用量的两个主要因素是：你所订阅的套餐，以及你提示词（Prompt）的复杂程度和长度——例如，询问天气预报与要求编写一个小型应用程序所需的资源截然不同。此外，你所使用的 Gemini AI 模型（例如 3.5 Flash）也会产生影响。你可以在提示框中选择偏好的模型。
The Quotas for Each Plan
各套餐的配额
If you’re in the US, you’ve got four Gemini AI subscriptions to choose from, or you can stick to the free tier. The subscription plans are AI Plus ($8 a month), AI Pro ($20 a month), and AI Ultra (either $100 or $200 a month). The more you pay, the more AI usage you get, which means using more advanced AI models for longer.
如果你在美国，有四种 Gemini AI 订阅方案可供选择，或者你也可以继续使用免费版。订阅方案包括 AI Plus（每月 8 美元）、AI Pro（每月 20 美元）和 AI Ultra（每月 100 或 200 美元）。支付的费用越高，获得的 AI 使用额度就越多，这意味着你可以更长时间地使用更先进的 AI 模型。
Google doesn’t specify what the usage limits are on the free tier—it describes them only as “standard.” You then get 2x these “standard” limits on the AI Plus plan, and 4x on the AI Pro plan. The AI Ultra limits are either 5x or 20x higher than those on AI Pro, depending on which level of payment you’re on.
Google 没有明确说明免费版的具体使用限制，仅将其描述为“标准”。AI Plus 套餐的额度是“标准”限制的 2 倍，AI Pro 套餐则是 4 倍。AI Ultra 的限制则根据支付等级的不同，比 AI Pro 高出 5 倍或 20 倍。
All users have access to all the Gemini AI models, including Flash-Lite, Flash, and Pro. As you progress through those models, they get smarter and will count more toward usage. Each model also has different “thinking” levels—Standard, Extended, and Deep Think—which also affect response quality, speed, and usage limits.
所有用户都可以访问所有的 Gemini AI 模型，包括 Flash-Lite、Flash 和 Pro。随着模型等级的提升，它们会变得更智能，同时也会消耗更多的使用额度。每个模型还有不同的“思考”级别——标准（Standard）、扩展（Extended）和深度思考（Deep Think），这些级别也会影响响应质量、速度和使用限制。
The final difference between these models is context window size. Basically, this indicates how much information you can include in a single conversation thread. For free users, the context window is 32K tokens (small chunks of text)—roughly 24,000 words. For AI Plus users, it goes up to 128K tokens (about 96,000 words), and for AI Pro and Ultra users, the limit is a million tokens (about 750,000 words).
这些模型之间的最后一个区别是上下文窗口大小。简单来说，这代表了你在单个对话线程中可以包含的信息量。对于免费用户，上下文窗口为 32K tokens（文本小片段）——大约 24,000 个单词。对于 AI Plus 用户，上限提升至 128K tokens（约 96,000 个单词），而对于 AI Pro 和 Ultra 用户，上限则高达 100 万 tokens（约 750,000 个单词）。
Check Your AI Usage
查看你的 AI 使用量
While the new rules around AI usage may be lacking in specifics, at least it’s easy enough to check your status. In the Gemini app on the web, click the cog icon (lower left) then Usage limits; in the mobile app for Android or iOS, tap the menu button (top left), then the cog, then Usage limits.
虽然关于 AI 使用的新规则可能缺乏细节，但至少查看你的状态非常简单。在网页版 Gemini 应用中，点击左下角的齿轮图标，然后选择“使用限制”（Usage limits）；在 Android 或 iOS 移动应用中，点击左上角的菜单按钮，点击齿轮图标，然后选择“使用限制”。
You’ll see two bars. The top bar shows your current usage, which resets every five hours. If you run through this, you’ll need to wait before coming back; the Gemini app tells you the time of the next reset.
你会看到两个进度条。顶部的进度条显示你当前的用量，该用量每五小时重置一次。如果你用完了额度，则需要等待一段时间；Gemini 应用会告知你下一次重置的时间。
The second bar is your weekly limit, which as you might expect, resets every week. (Again, this will be shown onscreen.) If you hit these limits and you’re on a paid plan, you’ll be demoted to the most basic AI model, which you can continue to use until the next reset.
第二个进度条是你的每周限额，正如你所预料的，它每周重置一次（同样会显示在屏幕上）。如果你达到了这些限制且使用的是付费套餐，你将被降级到最基础的 AI 模型，你可以继续使用该模型直到下一次重置。
You will, inevitably, see offers to upgrade your AI plan on the usage limits screen. It’s also worth bearing in mind that Google’s support documents say limits may change without notice, due to capacity constraints—and that free users may be affected first if Google needs to manage its AI resources.
你不可避免地会在“使用限制”页面看到升级套餐的推荐。同时值得注意的是，Google 的支持文档指出，由于容量限制，使用限额可能会在不另行通知的情况下发生变化；如果 Google 需要调配 AI 资源，免费用户可能会首先受到影响。