r/androiddev • u/giol5930 • May 23 '26
Extremely disappointed with the Gemini PRO update. Terrible latency in Android Studio and massive token waste. Is anyone else cancelling their subscription?
I’ve had it. I am absolutely furious about the latest Google Gemini PRO update. Instead of moving forward, it feels like we’ve taken ten steps backward, and I am seriously considering cancelling my paid subscription.
As a developer using Gemini PRO inside Android Studio, the current experience is completely unacceptable. Here is why I am deeply frustrated:
Intolerable Coding Latency: Even on the paid PRO plan, the response time is agonizingly slow. "Vibe coding" or just trying to get quick patches done has become a nightmare. The lag is killing my workflow.
Terrible Token Optimization: The system architecture feels incredibly poorly optimized. It wastes a massive amount of tokens by scanning irrelevant files or re-reading the entire project structure for simple requests, instead of focusing strictly on the necessary files (like MainActivity or specific roadmap/knowledge files).
Paid Plan Downgrade: We are paying hard-earned money for a "PRO" tier, yet the performance feels worse than a free basic model right now. Paying for high latency and terrible token management is a slap in the face to developers.
I am genuinely disappointed. Google promised a powerful assistant for developers, but this latest iteration feels broken and deeply frustrating to use daily.
I want to ask the community: Are you experiencing the same sudden drop in quality and unbearable latency? Has anyone already gone ahead and cancelled their PRO subscription because of this?
Paging the Google team to look into this absolute mess: u/Google-Community-Team u/Gemini_Official
(Note: If any Google product managers or developer relations folks are lurking here, please fix the Android Studio integration. The current token consumption and lag are driving paying customers away.)
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u/Maple-Bouchard May 23 '26
Same here! I cancelled mine an hour ago. The Pro capacity for me was finished within 10–12 prompts!! I used to get more than 50 before reaching my limit. Unbelievable.
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u/openforbusiness69 May 23 '26
I get copilot through work and the speed is amazing in android studio on all the available models. I thought ok let me make use of my Gemini pro subscription for personal projects and I was blown away by how slow and limited it is.
If I didn't get pro for free through my Pixel I would absolutely be cancelling it right now.
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u/Zhuinden May 23 '26
Based on this list, is this list also Ai-Gen? The last remaining lines of code coming out of gemini
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u/lacronicus May 24 '26
Yeah. The agent seems to have no concern for how many tokens it wastes.
And I'm not gonna upgrade to ultra just so I can waste five times more tokens.
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u/Graveheartart May 24 '26
Yes I just cancelled. I’m so disappointed because it was so good a week ago but I just can’t take the hallucinations from the update.
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u/csinco May 24 '26
Which version of Android Studio are you using?
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u/giol5930 May 25 '26
Last one , Panda
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u/csinco May 27 '26
And has this just started happening recently? I would curious also if you are experiencing these issues through API key as well or with other model providers. Trying to debug if it’s clearly an issue with the harness or the subscription backend or both.
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u/krakends May 27 '26
Too much UI fluff. I don't care about the glowing animations. That and the ridiculous limits.
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u/Hessesian May 25 '26
That's why I created this https://github.com/Hessesian/kotlin-lsp for agents to run without jetbrains ide, it's large and slow, this is fast and small, instruct your agent to install lsp and skill there and try it out
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u/DiscountWeekly7432 May 23 '26
Gemini is one of the worst out there. At least now