Gemini Made Crystal Clear · chapter 3: The Gemini App in Practice
The plan ladder, captured 2026-09-03 (US pricing)
2026-10-21
Below: the paragraph from the book that builds this idea, then the diagram itself (Figure 3.1), and a recap. About a minute of reading.
Every plan sits on a ladder, and each step up grants one capability that actually justifies the price rather than just a vague "more". One of those capabilities is how much of a conversation the app can hold in mind at once. Gemini reads and writes in small chunks of text called tokens, roughly three-quarters of a word each, and the "context window" is the total number of tokens it can remember during one conversation before the earliest parts start dropping off. A bigger context window means a longer conversation, or a longer document, before the app starts forgetting the beginning. The figure below lays out the ladder as Google prices it today, including that context window size for each tier.
Recap
- The idea: The plan ladder, captured 2026-09-03 (US pricing)
- The picture: Figure 3.1, from chapter 3 ("The Gemini App in Practice") of Gemini Made Crystal Clear.
- Go deeper: the chapter builds this step by step, with recipes and sources at the end.
This diagram is one of many in Gemini Made Crystal Clear.
Every chapter opens with the gist, draws the hard ideas, and ends with recipes and sources.
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