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[Google.com] Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) was exclusive to Gemini Advanced subscribers (CA$26.99/month) – now free for all users

I belatedly came across this as it was a Saturday weekend announcement (via X/Twitter) versus a weekday announcement by Google …

Gemini 2.5 Pro is taking off 🚀🚀🚀

The team is sprinting, TPUs are running hot, and we want to get our most intelligent model into more people’s hands asap.

Which is why we decided to roll out Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) to all Gemini users, beginning today.

Try it at no cost at http://gemini.google.com

… and it is surprising because pro/paid subscription features typically trickle down to non-paying/free tier users after many weeks/several months … but here, this comes less than 1 week after the Gemini 2.5 Pro model launched on Tuesday March 25th, exclusively for Gemini Advanced paid subscribers (CA$26.99/month):

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Google Gemini’s powerful new 2.5 Pro model is already available to free users (Android Police – March 30 2025)

SUMMARY

  • Google Gemini has rolled out its powerful new 2.5 Pro experimental model to non-paying users, just days after its arrival on Gemini Advanced.
  • Despite being available to free users, there will be some restrictions in place, such as rate limits.
  • The Gemini 2.5 Pro experimental model brings improvements to coding, math, and science queries, while also outranking industry competitors in benchmarks.

Google is surprisingly rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro (exp) to free users (9to5Google – March 29 2025)

Looking ahead, it’s not clear whether Google will make the stable version of 2.5 Pro free to all Gemini users, or whether today’s move is just for the testing phase. Before this, it seemed like 2.0 Flash Thinking and 2.0 Flash were going to be the free offerings.

Statistics: Posted by da1jonty — Mar 31st, 2025 11:49 am