This new 3.5 flash might be better on paper but this burns too quickly. I asked 3 prompts and it is gone. The previous was good enough for me and lasted a way longer than this new 3.5 flash model. I want old back. I do not need a smarter model.

Pro plan is totally useless now. I have a year subscription. And I'm very very disappointed with the update.

First off, let's start by complaining. Google has a ton of money, they have the employees, and also high-performance AIs that their employees can use... but they completely botched their work.

Here is a breakdown of the major issues with the recent transition.

1. The Botched Transition to Antigravity 2.0

First, they pissed off the community with the update. Before, Antigravity was an IDE with an agent manager, but they switched to a split system: **Antigravity IDE** \+ **Antigravity 2.0** *(which allows using AI agents to do tasks and launch multiple agents in parallel)*.

The problem is that they overwrote the old Antigravity (which was mainly an IDE) with the new 2.0, which offers general usage. Users didn't understand why; they simply thought: *"Antigravity isn't an IDE anymore"*.

2. Disastrous Data Migration

Moreover, they didn't prepare the migration of user data and configurations. Since it used to be an all-in-one tool and now it's two separate pieces of software, users lost their configs. The IDE's folder changed from `.antigravity` to `.antigravity ide`.

It's really shameful for a tech giant like Google to not even inform their users about this architectural change.

3. Data Inheritance Bugs

Next, the new generalist agent tool inherited data from the old IDE. Surprise: it doesn't interpret it like the IDE but in a completely different way, which creates weird bugs!

* We end up with conversation titles filled with `%`. * We get a multitude of workspaces (folders where we work) under the same name (e.g., `Siteweb1`, `siteweb2`) with scattered conversations.

I managed to fix all that even though it took a long time, but not everyone has my technical background, and they won't know how to fix it.

4. A Glaring Lack of Quality Assurance

Seriously, it's infuriating coming from Google. Even me, a 2nd-year student (although I've been in the IT world since I was 6), when I build software, even following the TDD (Test-Driven Development) methodology, I create AI agents that test the software on a GUI and make sure there are **0 bugs** before shipping.

Sure, for me it's expensive, but Google is a conglomerate; it would cost them jack shit to do that. This negligence is really annoying.

Other Major Frustrations

🐧 Linux Abandoned: For Linux, they didn't even bother updating the repositories. You have to download the packages and install them manually. Plus, they forgot the Antigravity icons in the packages. To think they didn't do an update for a whole month... What did the Antigravity team do during that month?

👁️ Visual Navigation Removed: The visual navigation tool that opened a Chrome instance and used the UI has been removed (well, it's still hidden in the files). You can't use it naturally anymore; you have to use the `Devtool-chrome` debugging tool instead. Furthermore, the agent can no longer use it automatically; you are forced to trigger it yourself with a `/...` command. It's a shame because with the old one, we could directly watch what the agent was doing. In my opinion, they should have kept both.

🧠 AI Model Management: The **Gemini 3 Flash** model was removed. It's a pity, it was good, fast, and above all cheaper for certain recurring tasks; Google should bring it back. Additionally, **Gemini 3.5 Flash** isn't really a "flash" model economically speaking. Let me explain: for the exact same task, Gemini 3.5 Flash uses 1.3 to 1.5 times *more* tokens than 3.1 Pro. Ultimately, for the same task, it can cost 1.7 times more than Gemini 3.1 Pro!

The Quot@ Situation

I imagine you've noticed, but our quot@s are shared between Antigravity CLI, Antigravity IDE, and Antigravity 2.0. Luckily, the Antigravity team and Google know how to multiply. Varun Mohan recently announced that our quot@s were multiplied by 3:

>*"An update: we’re 3xing the rate lim$ts for Gemini models across all paid tiers in Antigravity and resetting everyone’s Gemini quot@ for the week. We understand some people hit their rate lim&ts quickly and wanted to respond fast. Lots more to come and enjoy building!"*

Conclusion

Anyway. That's all I had to say. Antigravity has insane potential, but right now, it is neglected. It pisses me off because I'm a huge Google fan.

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Is it just me, or has the latest Antigravity update made the free tier practically unusable?

I’ve been relying on it for my dev workflows, but the new rate limits feel like a massive downgrade. I’m constantly hitting "compute" walls after just 20-30 minutes of work, and being locked out for hours (or days) is killing any momentum I have. It honestly feels like a "bait and switch"—the platform was great a few months ago, but now it’s just frustrating to use.

Since I’m a free-tier user, I’m looking for something more "merciful" that won't lock me out after a few simple tasks. Does anyone have recommendations for alternatives that are:

1. Actually usable on a free tier (or have fair, transparent limits).
2. Local-first or self-hostable (I’d rather manage my own compute than deal with these arbitrary cloud throttles).
3. Good for coding/agentic workflows.

I’ve looked into things like Cline and Eigent, but I’m curious to hear what the community is actually using right now to get real work done. What are you guys using that doesn't treat AI agents like a "mobile game energy meter"?

Thanks in advance.

Is there big brother censorship around here?

I am not seeing some of the posts that are bashing the recent update anymore, and I found mine got deleted as well.

Is this correct? I only used the Flash 3.5 (High) model, but all four Google models are draining the exact same amount of quotas at the same time. What kind of logic or rule is this?

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This is my first time posting on Reddit, but I am so incredibly furious right now that I needed to find a place to vent because Google just pulled the most brain-dead, out-of-touch corporate move I have ever witnessed.

​I opened up Antigravity today to actually get work done, and my entire workflow is completely fucked. Google just dropped the 2.0 update, and they did the most insane thing imaginable: they completely stripped out the built in VS Code text editor engine. It is no longer an IDE. It’s a glorified, bloated, hands off "Agent Manager" dashboard.

​Right now, I am looking at a screen that has absolutely zero code visibility. I cannot see my file tree, I cannot type code manually, and I cannot review diffs simultaneously. Instead, Google is forcing this aggressive, autonomous "AI First" garbage down our throats where the model spins up a hidden git worktree in the background, does whatever the hell it wants behind a closed curtain, and expects me to just sit there like an idiot, look at an empty chat panel, "vibe code," and blindly trust whatever the agent claims it's doing.

​To make matters worse, I am a paying Pro user, and this shit is actively burning through my paid tokens. If I want to make a tiny, simple change something I could easily type out myself in two fucking seconds, I am now forced to invoke an entire background agent task. Because I don't have a clear, full view of my files, I have to burn a massive amount of token context just to let the AI figure out what to change. It is an expensive, forced tax on basic manual labor.

​The UI/UX is an absolute joke. It is easily the worst, most detached layout I've ever seen. The "agent split window" only shows a microscopic, isolated view of exactly what it decided to change. What if I need to open a completely different configuration file or fix a dependency across a separate folder while working? I can't. You are completely blind to your own codebase unless you let the AI hold your hand through a chat prompt.

​Who the fuck thought stripping out a developer's eyes and hands was a good idea? I am an engineer. I don't want an AI manager wrestling the keyboard away from me and hiding the code state. I want absolute control over my workspace. I want to see my lines of code, handle file navigation, and look at exactly what is changing under the hood in real-time. This level of forced automation is a complete recipe for a massive, unreviewable technical debt disaster.

​Right now, Ctrl + E is completely dead because the editor binaries literally aren't even in the app anymore. My only choice to get actual manual control back is to minimize this piece of trash chat console and dual-wield it alongside a standard, separate instance of VS Code, or completely wipe 2.0 and risk destroying my local configs to downgrade.

Look, nobody is disputing that these new frontier models and agents are insanely powerful. When used right, they increase productivity tenfold. They are fast, they are smart, but they drink tokens like absolute rain in a desert. Google has the tech to do incredible things with this architecture which makes it even more insulting that they wasted it on this absolute piece of garbage layout. Instead of giving us a high-powered, precise tool where we steer the ship, they built an out-of-touch corporate dashboard that burns through your paid credits just to hide your own codebase from you. Fix the goddamn app and give us back our editor panels.

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I have been experimenting between claude and gemini cli, with gemini leading due to having access to two models during the 24h limit. There are some shared skills, and claude is generally better at larger or longer tasks, but gemini was most useful in refactoring and adding specific features.

Antigravity cli looks horrible. The antiflicker takes no advantage of the window and it feels early days. Skipping that, small artifact creations is descent, but for any task it is unusable. While using superpowers, I hit quota once it actually started to run unit tests, before actually doing the tdd steps. I am locked out for 154 hours.

Yes, I am using my personal google account to access, evaluating if I want to upgrade to a paid level, but this is not a good show. A complete downgrade from gemini cli. At least with the predecessor, I could get some work done. According to the marketing, the pro plan would have 4x rate limits, so I would be able to maybe finish this small refactor and maybe some testing.

Now I am trying to find a replacement. Maybe Hermes or Claude with OpenRouter.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been testing out the new Antigravity 2.0 desktop app since the Google I/O announcement, but I’m struggling to understand how the new tracking and usage systems work under the hood. It feels like simple tasks are burning through my daily allowance way too fast.

I have a few specific questions if anyone can clarify:

1. How do I check token burn per prompt? Is there a native way inside the Antigravity 2.0 app to see exactly what I am spending per request? With the new subagents running in the background, my available balance seems to drain instantly.
2. Do different versions pool their usage? I noticed that my consumption goes up regardless of the model I select. Are Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini 3 Pro drawing from the exact same daily pool? If so, what is the advantage of using Flash if it impacts my Pro availability anyway?
3. Does the Gemini CLI offer extra capacity? Do the old Gemini CLI and the new Antigravity app draw from the same combined engine pool, or are they separate? Also, where do we monitor remaining capacity for the CLI?
4. Jio Google AI Pro Subscription vs. Standard I currently have my Google AI Pro subscription through Jio (India). Does anyone know if the Jio-partnered plan has the exact same feature set and daily availability as buying it directly from Google, or are there differences?

Would appreciate any insights or workarounds you guys have found. Thanks!