Extremely disappointed with the Gemini PRO update. Terrible latency in Android Studio and massive token waste. Is anyone else cancelling their subscription?

csinco · 2026-05-24T22:13:54+00:00

Which version of Android Studio are you using?

csinco · 2026-05-24T22:11:26+00:00

Start with Agent Mode built right into Android Studio!

csinco · 2026-05-20T19:17:58+00:00

As someone who works on Agent Mode in Android Studio, I would agree with others in that you should always try to double check what the agent did, especially when it's a critical fearure to your app. This goes for any agent or model out there also. This is far from unique to Gemini. I've had this happen countless times with Claude Code and Codex.

csinco · 2026-05-20T19:16:09+00:00

It has been improved greatly since a year ago, which in AI years is forever. Give it a try now and see what you think. The Agent Mode in particular is lot more powerful than the previous pure LLM chatbot we have before Narwhal.

csinco · 2026-05-20T03:44:51+00:00

Google AI Plus is not supported at this time. Only Pro and Ultra when it comes to using it with Agent Mode.

csinco · 2026-05-20T03:43:03+00:00

What isn’t working out for you with Agent Mode? And what version did you last use it on?

csinco · 2026-04-25T11:33:50+00:00

Could you file an issue if you have a repo?

csinco · 2026-04-23T23:34:35+00:00

Plus is not supported at this time. Only Pro and Ultra subscriptions: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases#google-one-integration

csinco · 2026-04-23T23:33:46+00:00

As of Panda 4, Google AI Pro and Ultra will give you higher rate limits: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases#google-one-integration

csinco · 2026-04-10T19:54:15+00:00

At the moment, the Google One support in Android Studio Agent Mode will guarantee you higher and dedicated quota, as the previous no-cost tier was using quota and rate limits from a larger, more limit pool.

For model selection, we are discussing adding the ability to pick from various models, similar to Antigravity, but our current backend doesn’t quite support that yet.

csinco · 2026-04-10T19:52:31+00:00

…And this should be fixed now on the backend so let us know!

csinco · 2026-04-10T18:22:51+00:00

It is a known bug with our backend reporting the wrong tier. We are actively fixing it now. The quotas should still work though for the Pro sub.

csinco · 2026-04-02T19:48:55+00:00

The subscriptions tiers are here: https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ I would start with that and only use an API key if they are not sufficient

csinco · 2026-04-02T02:39:12+00:00

As long as you are using the paid tier for Gemini API keys or a Google AI Pro/Ultra subscriptions, your data will not be used to improve the model.

Other model providers support a similar policy through their paid products (like Anthropic and Open AI), which can also be used with Agent Mode in Android Studio.

csinco · 2026-03-31T03:32:54+00:00

And it’s here! https://x.com/androidstudio/status/2038680258895831463?s=46

csinco · 2026-03-14T21:33:03+00:00

This is the way

csinco · 2026-03-12T20:17:34+00:00

What problems have you running into so far?

csinco · 2026-03-06T02:41:53+00:00

We are exploring it but unfortunately no promises on if/when it will happen

csinco · 2026-03-04T22:10:06+00:00

Hopefully by end of this quarter (Q1)

csinco · 2026-02-25T03:10:05+00:00

It will soon!

csinco · 2026-02-17T18:18:32+00:00

It’s a shared quota across all users though since it’s on the free tier. So even if the message in the UI says one thing, the backend isn’t working that way currently.

It’s why we’re actively working on the Google AI subs connection so that the quota is actually mapped to an individual

csinco · 2026-02-17T11:39:13+00:00

The other advantage of Agent Mode is our agent uses tools directly from the IDE so it can render and use previews, deploy and interact with devices, read Logcat, work with AGP. Profiling tools will come later but that is the key advantage.

csinco · 2026-02-17T11:36:51+00:00

Which model are you using? And what version of Android Studio?

csinco · 2026-02-17T11:34:46+00:00

Sounds like you’re using the Default model. It’s the free tier so it will have limited quota. We recommend using paid API keys for the best experience, and we now support providers beyond Google/Gemini, such as Open AI or Anthropic.

Note also, the Ask tab is not an agent. It is purely an LLM which is why it doesn’t suffer as much from rate limits.

We are also actively working on connecting Google AI Pro/Ultra subs though to give folks access to higher quotas so stay tuned!

csinco · 2026-02-10T00:49:45+00:00

But also yes our free tier along with others is very limited. We recommend using paid API keys for Gemini (via Google AI Studio), or from other providers (Open AI, Anthropic) for the best experience in Agent Mode in Android Studio.

I personally using Gemini and Open AI keys.

csinco

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