How to Access Gemini 3: A One-Stop Guide

Ensure your account is a Google AI Ultra member or holds a paid Gemini API key. Other users are advised to join the waitlist first. When you see the “Thinking” or “Gemini 3 Pro” option appear in the chat interface, you can confidently switch to it.

Currently, Gemini 3 Pro is exclusively available to Google AI Ultra subscribers and paid Gemini API users. However, the good news is that as an integrated AI platform, GlobalGPT has already integrated Gemini 3 Pro, allowing you to try it for free.

What is Gemini 3?

Gemini 3 is a next-generation large language/multimodal model launched by Google DeepMind. The company claims it demonstrates significant improvements in complex reasoning, code generation, and tool invocation.

Core Capabilities

• Deep Reasoning – Gemini 3 Pro features the innovative “Deep Think” functionality, enabling human-like deep thinking by evaluating multiple possibilities and checking its own logic before answering complex questions.
• Native Multimodal – The model is fundamentally designed to seamlessly understand and process text, images, audio, video, and code.
• Extended Context Window – Supports up to 1 million tokens of input context and 64,000 tokens of output, ideal for processing long documents and complex conversations.
• Agentic Workflows – Specially optimized for autonomous coding agents and complex zero-shot tasks. With the newly released Bash tools, it can navigate file systems and drive development processes.
• “Vibe Coding” – Supports generating complete applications from natural language descriptions without traditional programming syntax.

Who can immediate access?

According to the latest information:

• If you have subscribed to Google AI Ultra (Ultra tier) or possess a paid Gemini API key, you can access Gemini 3 Pro immediately.
• Other users (such as Free Tier users, Pro tier subscribers, Code Assist Standard users, etc.) may need to join a waitlist for activation.
• Media reports indicate that Free/paid Gemini subscribers (in certain regions/on certain devices) may also see Gemini 3 options, though functionality may be limited.

How to Enable Gemini 3 on Desktop/Mobile

Here’s a universal process:

1. Log in to your Gemini account (e.g., via Google account)
2. In the chat interface, locate the “Model Switch” dropdown menu. By default, it may display “Fast” (i.e., the older model/version 2.5).

• Fast: Answers quickly (Gemini 2.5)
• Thinking: Thinks through complex topics (Gemini 3 Pro)

3. If “Thinking” or “Gemini 3 Pro” appears on the page, select it to ensure you’re using the new Gemini 3.
4. If you only see older options like “2.5 Flash” or “2.5 Pro,” your account hasn’t been granted access to Gemini 3 yet—it may still be rolling out in phases.

Notes & Tips

• Even if you’ve subscribed to a higher tier, Gemini 3 may not appear immediately as Google is currently rolling it out in phases.
• If you don’t have access yet: Consider upgrading your subscription plan (e.g., Ultra/API paid) or directly joining the waitlist.
• When using the model, ensure the model label is indeed Gemini 3 (or Pro version) to avoid poor experiences from using older versions.
• Access delays or version differences may occur across regions/devices. Waiting patiently or trying different devices/accounts may help.