Strong Request for Fair Treatment of Jio Google AI Pro Subscribers — Restore Model Access and Preserve Existing Workflows

Dear Google Antigravity Team,

I am writing to express my serious disappointment regarding the recent model access restrictions affecting Google AI Pro subscribers who receive their subscription through Jio in India.

We have been using Antigravity for a long time, building applications, experimenting with advanced AI models, and developing AI agents for educational and socially beneficial purposes. We chose Google’s ecosystem because we trusted its technology, capabilities, and subscription benefits.

However, the recent restrictions raise serious concerns about continuity, transparency, and fairness for existing subscribers.

1. Why are Jio Google AI Pro subscribers being treated differently?

Jio provides Google AI Pro as part of an official commercial partnership. Although subscribers receive the benefit through a promotion, it is still an advertised subscription benefit. These users should not automatically be treated as though they have no legitimate claim to the features included in their plan.

Please clearly explain the eligibility differences between directly purchased Google AI Pro subscriptions and Google AI Pro subscriptions provided through Jio.

2. Why restrict Gemini 4 Argon to directly paid Pro and Ultra subscribers?

Antigravity displays the following message:

“Gemini 4 Argon is currently available to Ultra and paid Pro plan subscribers.”

My Jio Google AI Pro benefit is active, yet Argon is unavailable to me.

Why should the way a subscription is obtained determine access to an advanced development model? If usage costs are the concern, Google could offer promotional subscribers a lower quota rather than excluding them entirely.

I request Google to consider extending Argon access to eligible Jio Google AI Pro subscribers under reasonable usage limits.

3. Why remove third-party models that developers already rely on?

Antigravity displays notices concerning third-party model availability and the announced November 2, 2026 changes, including the removal of GPT-OSS 120B and restrictions affecting Claude models.

We have already invested considerable time learning these models, developing workflows, testing applications, and building projects around the available tools.

Sudden changes to model availability disrupt development and create uncertainty for users who have built their workflows around Antigravity.

Please provide clear documentation of exactly which models will be removed, which subscription tiers will retain access, and whether existing Jio subscribers will receive any transition arrangements.

4. Why remove or restrict existing models instead of preserving them?

I also want to ask why Google could not have retained Gemini 3.1 Pro or continued offering older models as alternatives when introducing newer models.

Introducing a newer model does not necessarily mean every existing model must be removed. Different models have different strengths, response characteristics, and use cases. Developers may prefer an older model because it works well for their particular projects.

Keeping supported older models available, even with reduced quotas or clearly defined limitations, would give users more flexibility and protect existing workflows.

Google should consider maintaining stable model availability rather than forcing users to change their development approach whenever subscription policies or model lineups change.

5. These tools are important for educational AI development.

My purpose is not simply to experiment with AI for entertainment. I want to build AI agents and useful applications that support education and help students benefit from advanced technology.

Access to capable reasoning and coding models makes a meaningful difference when designing agent architectures, debugging complex applications, testing solutions, and building reliable systems.

When access changes unexpectedly, it affects the time, effort, and planning already invested in these projects.

I understand that advanced models require substantial computing resources and that different subscription tiers may have different usage limits. I am not demanding unlimited access or identical quotas for every user.

I am requesting transparent eligibility rules, reasonable access, and fair consideration for subscribers receiving Google AI Pro through an official partner.

My requests to Google:

  1. Clarify why Jio Google AI Pro subscribers may not qualify for Gemini 4 Argon in Antigravity.

  2. Consider extending Argon access to eligible promotional subscribers with reasonable usage limits.

  3. Clearly explain the November 2, 2026 third-party model changes and their impact on Jio subscribers.

  4. Consider retaining Gemini 3.1 Pro and other supported older models as alternatives wherever technically feasible.

  5. Provide sufficient advance notice and a reasonable transition period before restricting models used in existing projects.

  6. Publish clear documentation distinguishing promotional subscriptions, directly paid subscriptions, model eligibility, and usage quotas.

Google is a global technology leader, and many students, independent developers, and educators place considerable trust in its ecosystem.

That trust depends not only on introducing powerful new models but also on communicating changes clearly and treating legitimate subscribers fairly.

Please review these concerns and provide an official clarification regarding Jio Google AI Pro subscribers and their future access to Antigravity models.

I hope Google will consider the needs of developers building meaningful educational applications and provide a fair path forward.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Hi @Ashwin_R,

Thank you for taking the time to write this detailed feedback and for your commitment to building educational AI applications. We understand your concerns regarding workflow continuity and want to address your questions.

1. Eligibility Differences: Directly Billed vs. Promotional Partner (Jio) Google AI Pro Plans
While your Jio bundled Google AI Pro subscription includes core Google One Pro benefits—including storage and access to on our flagship Gemini 3.8 Flash model —partner-bundled promotional and extended-trial memberships do not include the Frontier Model Access required to cover the compute costs of highest-tier models (Gemini 4 Argon, Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5.5). Those frontier models are restricted to directly billed (non-trial/non-promotional) Google AI Pro, Google AI Ultra and Enterprise plans.

2. Request to Extend Gemini 4 Argon Access (With Lower Quotas) to Jio Subscribers
When we expanded Gemini 4 Argon to directly billed Google AI Pro subscribers, we introduced a dedicated, capped weekly Argon quota on top of the standard 5-hour Gemini 3.8 Flash quota to manage frontier compute demand. Because promotional partner bundles do not carry direct per-seat frontier compute billing, Gemini 4 Argon is not currently enabled on promotional/trial Pro tiers. However, your suggestion to offer a smaller, capped introductory or educational Argon quota for verified partner subscribers is constructive feedback and we have shared it directly with our Product and Partnerships teams.

3. November 2, 2026 Third-Party Model Changes & Impact on Jio Subscribers
Here is what is changing on November 2, 2026 (as documented on our Models pages):

  • Retiring across all plans: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Thinking), Claude Opus 4.6 (Thinking), and GPT-OSS 120B (Medium) are being retired across all Antigravity tiers on November 2, 2026.
  • Newer Third-Party Models (Claude Sonnet 5.5 & Opus 5.5): Due to third-party licensing and inference costs in agentic workflows, Claude 5.5 is available only on directly billed (non-trial) Google AI Pro, Google AI Ultra and Gemini Enterprise plans.
  • What Remains Included on Your Jio Plan: After November 2, your Jio Google AI Pro plan will continue to grant access to Gemini 3.8 Flash (subject to 5-hour and weekly refresh caps).
  • Options if You Need Frontier / Third-Party Models: Without giving up your Jio Google AI Pro benefits on your primary account, you can access Gemini 4 Argon and Claude 5.5 via Google Cloud / Vertex AI Pay-As-You-Go (antigravity.google/docs/enterprise).

4. Why Older Models (Like Gemini 3.1 Pro) Are Retired Instead of Retained
Maintaining multiple generations of advanced models simultaneously requires dedicating significant computing capacity to older versions, which directly reduces the resources available for newer, more capable models. Retiring older preview models like Gemini 3.1 Pro allows us to dedicate capacity to Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 4 Argon. That said, we hear your feedback on workflow stability and model pinning for ongoing projects and have logged it with the engineering team.

5. Advance Notice and Transition Period
When we launched Claude 5.5 earlier this month, we intentionally kept Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus 4.6, and GPT-OSS 120B active through November 2, 2026. We also added in-product “Notice” badges in the model selector specifically so developers on promotional, trial and free tiers would have an advance transition window before those models are turned down.

6. Clearer Documentation on Promotional vs. Directly Billed Plans
You can find our current tier and model tables at Choose a model | Google Antigravity Docs, which note that trial and promotional plans are excluded from third-party and frontier model access.

Please bring back 3.1 Pro, I can’t work with 3.8 Flash at all. I’m genuinely frustrated with its response and reading how it “thinks” all the time. For me 3.1 Pro understand my projects deeper and create better solution and execute chain-tool-calling correctly than 3.8 Flash.

Remove flash 3.8 and bring hack pro 3.1 !! No one wants flash 3.8 !

Kick the 3.8 model and bring back the 3.1 pro model without the guardrails as lot of SOC works required a workaround and gemini 3.8 keeps hitting guardrails ,3.8 flash is guardrailed too much too sensitive

I agree with this person too flash 3.8 filters are too much and the model itself is not made for coding it can be good in gemini app for fast responses but in antigravity we need argon or pro 3.1 at least like before but removing pro 3.1 and denying access for argon to force us to upgrade is not a good thing we feel betrayed

I have been experimenting this week with trying only flash 3.8 and it is just unusable in AntiG, it just ends up in a loop all too regularly.

This change to Jio subs just makes AntiG unusable and will push many users to different vendors.

A clear * …and switch.**