Oh, I didn’t mean to say that these models were unavailable through the app or website. Rather, I’ve realized that using them through the API or AI Studio yield

Oh, I didn’t mean to say that these models were unavailable through the app or website. Rather, I’ve realized that using them through the API or AI Studio yields much better results — even in the free tier. You can check that by trying prompts with complex instructions and long inputs/outputs. For instance, ask Gemini to generate notes from a specific source (say, a book or class transcription). Or ask it to translate a long article, full of idiomatic expressions, while maintaining high fidelity to the source. You will see that the very same Gemini models are underutilized on the app or the website, while their performance is stellar on the API or AI Studio.