Gemini Pro users report web access silently disabled, even on paid subscription
zsolt67 · reddit · 2026-09-22
A Pro subscriber reports that Gemini 3.1 Pro and 3.8 Flash stopped surfacing new information: the models admitted web access is literally disabled and couldn't search the internet, with no usage limits hit and no relevant setting found. Free ChatGPT answered the same question correctly, prompting the user to switch.
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