Gemini API Unavailable in French Overseas Regions?

Google AI Studio
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Hello,

I am writing to report an access issue with Google AI Studio / Gemini API
related to geographic detection.

I am physically located in Martinique, which is an overseas region of France
(fully part of France and the European Union).

However, Google AI Studio reports that the service is not available in my region.

Technical details:

  • ISP: Digicel Antilles Françaises Guyane SA
  • Public IPv4: detected as Martinique (Caribbean)
  • Country detected by IP geolocation services: Martinique
  • Google account country: France
  • EU resident: Yes

The issue appears to be caused by IP-based geographic filtering.
Although “France” is listed as a supported country, French overseas regions
(Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion) are currently excluded due to
separate territorial classification.

This behavior has already been reported by multiple developers:

From a legal and regulatory standpoint:

  • Martinique is part of France
  • Martinique is part of the European Union
  • EU digital service rules apply identically

Request:
Could you please confirm whether this exclusion is intentional?
If not, could the region classification be corrected so that French overseas
regions are included when “France” is supported?

Thank you for your clarification.

Best regards,
jimmy
France (Martinique)

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Hi Jimmy,
Many persons has already suggested the problem on various google services.
From now, we still don’t have any positive excuses or even official reasons for this limitation.
I juste bought a Google Ai subscriptions to figure out that I don’t have access to half the services.
Hope we will be listen if more users signal th eproblem to Google support.