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Google quietly made its newest flash model, Gemini 3.5 Flash, free-tier eligible with no credit card, a 1M context window, and 1,500 requests per day, including native multimodal support.

gemini 3.5 flash is free now google quietly made their newest flash model free-tier eligible. no credit card, 1M context window, and most people are still posting about the old 2.5 models. what you get for $0: - gemini 3.5 flash (google's newest, free tier) - gemini 3.1 flash-lite for high-volume cheap calls - full 1M token context on every free model - 1,500 requests/day, native multimodal (text, image, audio, video) - openai-compatible, one base url change full setup (2 min): step 1: grab a free api key > go to http://aistudio.google.com > sign in with any google account > click "get api key", no billing setup step 2: point any client at gemini > works in cursor, cline, claude code, anything openai-compatible > or just prototype in the studio ui and hit "get code" step 3: pick your model > gemini-3.5-flash for the strong one > gemini-3.1-flash-lite for cheap high-volume steps important: - pro models left the free tier april 1, flash and flash-lite only now - free-tier prompts can be used to train google's models, don't send sensitive data - limits are per project, extra keys don't add quota - 1,500 req/day resets daily, plenty for building and testing frontier-class model + 1M context + $0 while most guides are still telling you to use last-gen models save this, the free tier shifts almost monthly
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gemini 3.5 flash is free now

google quietly made their newest flash model free-tier eligible. no credit card, 1M context window, and most people are still posting about the old 2.5 models.

what you get for $0:

  • gemini 3.5 flash (google’s newest, free tier)
  • gemini 3.1 flash-lite for high-volume cheap calls
  • full 1M token context on every free model
  • 1,500 requests/day, native multimodal (text, image, audio, video)
  • openai-compatible, one base url change

full setup (2 min):

step 1: grab a free api key

go to http://aistudio.google.com sign in with any google account click “get api key”, no billing setup

step 2: point any client at gemini

works in cursor, cline, claude code, anything openai-compatible or just prototype in the studio ui and hit “get code”

step 3: pick your model

gemini-3.5-flash for the strong one gemini-3.1-flash-lite for cheap high-volume steps

important:

  • pro models left the free tier april 1, flash and flash-lite only now
  • free-tier prompts can be used to train google’s models, don’t send sensitive data
  • limits are per project, extra keys don’t add quota
  • 1,500 req/day resets daily, plenty for building and testing

frontier-class model + 1M context + $0 while most guides are still telling you to use last-gen models

save this, the free tier shifts almost monthly

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