It has access to my drive, I've enabled it in the connected apps and I have google pro. I've tried spark and the chat itself, still nothing

I was using pro extended, it thought for 2 minutes to say this.

I don’t know if the new Gemini 3.8 Flash model is actually smarter, but one thing I can say for sure: its answers are definitely shorter.

If it can answer your question in one sentence, there is absolutely no chance it’s giving you a second one.

I honestly can’t decide whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing...

So i migrated from Gemini to Grok, since Gemini was really making me angry by dodging what i said and not listening to stuff. Not even shouting worked. And one of the wildest things i done i got so mad i literally broke my phone screen (smashed at corner of desk), so yeah. If Gemini is making you mad, take a break and stop using it until it starts listening properly.

Edit: I used 3.5 flash

It has a score of 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, while Fable 5.1 has a score of 66.

Gemini 3.8 Flash has a score of 59. Given the rate at which the Flash models are improving, if we get a Gemini 3.9 Flash version in, say, three weeks, it could reach a score of 61 or even 62, potentially surpassing Astra.

it's over

I gave it 6 images and asked for a collage with some text. It first refused, then just completely grabbed random images into an ugly collage.

I don't know if Gemini is everyone's go-to first AI tool to use in their daily or work lives, however since the TECNO brand (phone) comes up with a Google Gemini AI plus subscription for 3 months and its free.

Don't know how this can affect the behaviour of people to go get a TECNO however this is a good support for AI features rather than doing it for the tools.

What do you think?

From a consistent but frustrated user:

I've been using Gemini for almost 2 years now and I feel that the team really need to take a hard look in the mirror and address some of the most basic problems plaguing their AI. I've done a number of internal comparisons for coding and other workloads and my opinion is that Gemini is dangerous to use in production coding environments. I'm a big fan of the team and the work they do, I've been using google products since 2004 and I firmly believe that they can fix the issues.

The Good:

The Speed (The model is consistently fast, and faster than other leading models)
Most accessible models for processing audio, video, and caters to a diverse array of needs.
Excellent Model Garden with google mass and they support a diverse array of non LLM capabilities
Cost: They are significantly cheaper than Claude
Excellent Sub Products like Notebook LM

The Bad:

High Hallucination Rates (In addition to the well known issues like the infinite token glitch)

API instabilities, random dips in capacity, thousands of bugs, hundreds of hours spent compensating for performance issues

Inconsistent pricing and excessive generational price hikes (my advice to any team looking to build on Gemini's API is don't. You will probably regret it. If you have to then please support other models providers or you will regret it)

Excessive and seemingly random censorship - rejects perfectly valid workloads with 0 justification

The image gen quality is significantly worse than Openai

The Ugly:

Antigravity is bad when compared to their competitors, if you are using Gemini for coding strongly consider a different IDE

Severe regression in coding consistency and quality (Not sure if this is due to excessive quantization but seemingly simple prompts can result in massive bugs, hallucinations and just general damage to a code base)

The gap is widening, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 do not represent an improvement over Gemini 3. Basic tasks that worked with the older models close to their release dates do not work well with the new tools. Benchmark maxing is disguising fundamental issues in the AI.

The output quality and consistency of Gemini is 12-18 months behind their major competitors. This is both the industry and research consensus.

My Consensus:

Fixing the most offending problems, high hallucination rates, extremely buggy IDE, improving tool calling are low level fixes that can be done with a little bit of effort.

Bad Business practices (massive price hikes for integrators, cannibalizing ad revenue with AI search, arbitrary depreciation of core AI capabilities with little to no warning, charging customers for endless token glitches) are hurting adoption at the enterprise level.

It is okay to not have a frontier model. Google arguably has not had one for the past six months. But you have to offer more not just speed to compensate. Charging frontier prices while serving models that are arguably worse than the leading open source is not a recipe for long term success.
Please take the issues seriously and don't just release new models with the same problems as the previous generation. Your team has some of the most talented people on the planet and DeepMind invented the transformer architecture.

Reinste Katastrophe, er erstellt mir komplett was anderes und nimmt die sachen nicht so an wie zuvor. Also ich sehe hier keine erweiterung sondern einfach einen rückschritt was mir null gefällt.

Why is it that Gemini still doesn't have any connectors other than to Google's own apps? ChatGPT and Claude have connectors to various apps—from Apple Music to Zoom—you can find everything there, but with Gemini, it's just Google Drive, Gmail...

I use Pro 3 times then it says reset in 4 hours, wth?

Prompt: Frutiger Aero style scientific building, with a department that has a glass dome with shiny windows. Lots of vegetation showing the building in harmony with nature. There's a colorful lens flare, trees, a parking lot with futuristic looking cars, and a blue, flowing creek.

Is it just me or gemini 3.8 has been hallucinating too much? it is loosing context in like 4-5 prompts, inventing facts. it literally told my i made a typo as it said instead of typing H3 i typed flash-8b and flash-8b was never even typed in the chat or anything remotely mentioned even both dont know what it is.

so just wondering if im seeing lower intelligence then 3.6 or everyone? even tho benchmarks tell totally different story

I would have used it generously if they had given me a hint. I was strictly rationing my usage because of the high consumption of 3.8 Flash. It’s only been one day since my last reset, and now they’ve reset it again.

Context: Antigravity IDE

If I rewrite my question, the old version will replace the old question with new question and the conversation will continue smoothly.

The new version will show the old question and made my rewrite question as a new question below the old question.

And Gemini didn't answer it nicely. Like, they didn't connect it correctly or pulled everything together which the old question will be there too.

The problem is it doesn't understand that it misunderstood the last question, that's why I have to rewrite it.

Because I’m not.