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**Nov 5: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash went GA in the Gemini API with 15-second video at about $0.07 per second for 720p, and 15-second clips are rolling out in the Gemini app for Google AI Ultra. Nov 2: gemini-2.5-pro and gemini-2.5-flash left the AI Studio model picker, and from Dec 1 their API calls route to Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite at those models' rates.** **Oct 29: the Gemini app can now generate, preview and edit documents, PDFs, slide decks, spreadsheets, Markdown and code right inside the chat for all users (PDF on web and mobile, the other formats on web only). Oct 30: the Computer Use tool went generally available in the Gemini API across the Interactions and GenerateContent APIs.** **Gemini 4 Carbon was announced on 2026-10-28 as Google's strongest model, but it is not generally available yet: access starts this week for a subset of cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program, and Google says developers, businesses and consumers get it later. When it opens it carries Argon's intro price of $2 / $10 per 1M tokens, rising to $4 / $20 after the intro period. Google reports it #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59.** **Gemini 4 Argon went generally available on 2026-10-13: in the Gemini API (paid tier only), AI Studio, Gemini for business and GitHub Copilot, in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, and in Google Antigravity for Ultra. The API rate card prices it at $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens with $0.10 implicit-cache reads through November 30, 2026, doubling to $4 / $20 / $0.20 on December 1; there is no free tier and no explicit caching.** Google calls it its flagship reasoning model, with a 1M-token unified input-output limit, #1 on the Vals Index, 87% on the ERQA embodied-reasoning benchmark and 0.7% attack success on Gray Swan prompt injection, alongside the 9/30 numbers (77.9% DeepSWE v1.1, 51.3% AutomationBench, 91.7% LVBench, 68% CWE-bench v1) -- all vendor-reported. Earlier in October: Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3.5 Flash were retired from AI Studio (10/08) with API calls auto-routed to 3.8 Flash and 3.6 Flash, Nano Banana 2.1 went GA (10/06) and SynthID Detector opened to everyone in English (10/07). Late September in the Gemini app: **skills replace Gems** (9/30; slash-command instructions with reference files, Gems removed from November 2026 for personal accounts), **Guided Vision in Gemini Live** for blind and low-vision users on Android (10/01), and the 9/23-9/24 wave still stands: Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS with voice design at $0.50/$9.00 and $0.50/$6.00 per 1M (doubling 2027-01-01), Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar in Gemini Enterprise, free 1080p Omni 1.1 video in Google Vids. Googlebook was scheduled to reach shelves 10/04 (shipment not yet vendor-confirmed).

Last updated: 2026-11-05Free tier available

Score Breakdown

8.0
Ease of Use
8.0
Output Quality
9.0
Value
8.0
Features

Benchmark Scores

Benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon (vendor-reported 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-13; third-party verification pending) -- 3.5 Flash and 3.1 Ultra rows retained as baseline

Chatbot Arena ELOHuman preference rating1500
BenchmarkScore
DeepSWE v1.1 (Argon)77.9%
ERQA embodied reasoning (Argon)87%
LVBench long video (Argon)91.7%
CWE-bench v1 (Argon)68%
AutomationBench (Argon)51.3%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (3.5 Flash baseline)76.2%
SWE-bench Verified (3.1 Ultra baseline)80.6%

Last updated: 2026-10-13

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Personality & Tone

The Google research assistant

Tone: Neutral, thorough, and slightly corporate. Gemini leans academic, cites sources readily in Deep Research mode, and keeps its tone even across topics -- rarely funny, rarely snarky.

Quirks: Tightly integrated with Google products -- pulls from Search and Workspace by default, which is useful for grounded answers but means you hear Google's worldview. Can feel evasive or overly safe on opinionated or politically charged questions.

The Good and the Bad

What we like

  • +Gemini 4 Argon (GA 2026-10-13) puts a frontier model on the cheap end of the price chart: $2 / $10 per 1M through November 30, with Batch and Flex at half that, and it reached the Gemini app for AI Pro subscribers on day one rather than staying Ultra-only
  • +2 million token context window is the largest available -- can process entire books and full codebases in one prompt
  • +Best Google Workspace integration (Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar)
  • +Free tier is more generous than Claude's
  • +Gemini Advanced includes 2TB Google One storage -- real added value
  • +API pricing is very competitive, especially for Flash model

What could be better

  • −Store-by-default: new paid-tier Gemini API projects created from 2026-10-26 keep generateContent requests unless you set store=false or turn logging off, so check data-retention settings before sending sensitive prompts
  • −Argon's launch price is introductory: on December 1, 2026 it doubles to $4 / $20 per 1M ($7.20 / $36 on Priority), it has no free API tier and supports only implicit caching -- budget for the December rate, not the October one
  • −Output quality for creative writing is the weakest of the big three (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini)
  • −Hallucination rate is higher than Claude in our testing
  • −Google's track record of killing products makes long-term commitment feel risky
  • −The Gemini app UI feels like Google slapped AI onto an existing product

Pricing

API (Gemini 4 Argon, GA 2026-10-13)

$2 / $10/per 1M tokens (input/output) through 2026-11-30; $4 / $20 from 2026-12-01
  • ✓Model id gemini-4-argon; paid tier only (the free tier lists it as not available)
  • ✓Implicit-cache reads $0.10 per 1M, rising to $0.20 on 2026-12-01; explicit caching is not supported
  • ✓Batch and Flex at half price ($1 / $5 intro, $2 / $10 from December); Priority $3.60 / $18 intro, $7.20 / $36 from December
  • ✓1M-token unified input-output limit with a new continuation protocol; output counts thinking tokens
  • ✓Search and Maps grounding: 5,000 free requests a month shared across Gemini 3 and newer, then $14 per 1,000

Free

$0
  • ✓Gemini 3.6 Flash (GA 2026-07-21)
  • ✓Basic features
  • ✓Google integration
  • ✓Gemini 3.7 Flash (2026-08-13) is in Gemini Spark for Pro/Ultra, not the free tier

Google AI Pro

$19.99/month
  • ✓Gemini 4 Argon in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search (from 2026-10-13)
  • ✓2M token context
  • ✓Code Execution sandbox
  • ✓2TB Google storage
  • ✓Workspace integration
  • ✓Lyria 3 access

Google AI Ultra

$249.99/month
  • ✓Gemini 4 Argon at the highest limits, plus Argon in Google Antigravity (from 2026-10-13)
  • ✓Gemini 3.1 Flash Live audio
  • ✓Gemini Spark agent access (expanded 2026-07-30 to 160+ countries and DOWN to the AI Pro tier; Chrome auto-browse US-first; unavailable in the EEA, UK, Switzerland and Nigeria)
  • ✓Lyria 3 Pro full access
  • ✓Highest API priority
  • ✓30TB Google storage

API

$0.075-5/per 1M tokens
  • ✓All models
  • ✓2M context
  • ✓Gemini 3.7 Flash (2026-08-13) DEPRECATED 2026-10-08 -- API calls now route automatically to gemini-3.8-flash; it was $0.75/$3.75 per 1M intro pricing
  • ✓Flash-Lite at $0.25/M input
  • ✓Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS (2026-09-23) $0.50 text in / $9.00 audio out per 1M (about $0.00225 per 10s of audio) and 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS $0.50 / $6.00 -- intro rates through 2026-12-31, doubling 2027-01-01; Batch half
  • ✓Grounding with Google Search
  • ✓Code Execution
  • ✓Mandatory spend caps (April 2026)

Known Issues

  • GEMINI 2.5 PRO AND 2.5 FLASH ROUTE TO NEWER MODELS FROM DEC 1, OMNI 1.2 FLASH GA, AND VOICE REMIXING FOR 3.8 TTS (2026-11-02 to 2026-11-05, vendor-primary, Gemini API changelog): **(1) 2.5 routing (11/02):** 'gemini-2.5-pro is deprecated and is no longer available to select in Google AI Studio. Effective December 1, 2026, all API requests to gemini-2.5-pro will automatically route to gemini-3.8-flash and be billed at Gemini 3.8 Flash rates.' The same notice sends **gemini-2.5-flash to gemini-3.5-flash-lite** at Flash-Lite rates. Google lists breaking changes for anyone who lets the router take over: function calling and thought_signature validation, thinking_level replacing thinking_budget, and removed sampling parameters and prefilled model turns -- so test before Dec 1 rather than relying on the automatic route. **CORRECTION:** this supersedes the April entry below that dated the 2.5 family's retirement to 2026-10-16; that date did not execute (both models were still on the pricing page on 2026-11-05). **(2) Omni 1.2 Flash GA (11/05):** 15-second clips, multi-turn editing, $12 per 1M video tokens (about $0.07/s at 720p), and 15-second videos in the Gemini app rolling out to Google AI Ultra -- details on the Veo page. **(3) Voice remixing (11/04):** modify a prebuilt or designed voice with natural-language instructions to create a new stored voice for Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS.Source: Google (ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog, headings 'November 2, 2026', 'November 4, 2026', 'November 5, 2026', via Firecrawl; blog.google Omni 1.2 Flash post) -- fetched 2026-11-05 · 2026-11-02
  • FILES YOU CAN EDIT IN THE CHAT, AND COMPUTER USE GA IN THE API (2026-10-29 and 2026-10-30, vendor-primary): **Gemini app (10/29):** 'You can now generate, preview, and edit files right within your chat -- expand to full screen to type edits directly, highlight text to ask questions, or have Gemini refine your files.' PDF preview and editing works on web and mobile; Google Docs, Sheets, slide decks, Markdown, TXT and code are web only. 'These capabilities are now available to all users in all languages where Gemini app is available.' **Gemini API (10/30):** 'Released the Computer Use tool to general availability (GA) across the Interactions and GenerateContent APIs.' The changelog entry names no model and no price change. Still not in the changelog: any Gemini 4 Carbon availability beyond the Fairwind Program.Source: Google blog (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/edit-files-directly/, Gemini RSS pubDate Thu, 29 Oct 2026) + Gemini API changelog 'October 30, 2026' (ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog via Firecrawl), fetched 2026-11-02 · 2026-10-30
  • GEMINI APP: EDIT FILES IN THE CHAT, IMMERSIVE EXPLORATIONS, SMALL-BUSINESS TOOLS; GENIE 4 IS TESTER-ONLY (2026-10-20 to 2026-10-29, vendor-primary): **(1) File preview and editing (10/29):** ask Gemini to refine an uploaded file in place; 'PDF preview and editing is supported on both the web and mobile, while all other formats (Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code) are supported on the web only', for all users in all Gemini app languages. **(2) Immersive explorations (10/28):** a library of interactive explorations in the Gemini student hub, available to all users in English, Indonesian, Hindi, Brazilian Portuguese, French and simplified Chinese. **(3) Small business (10/20):** a Gemini business landing page and connected-app tools rolling out globally to all Gemini app users. **(4) Genie 4 (10/27):** Google DeepMind's new real-time world model is rolling out 'to a limited group of trusted testers', starting with Google AI Ultra subscribers in Project Genie and early-access Gemini API and AI Studio partners, behind a waitlist and with no price; we are not adding a Genie page until it ships more broadly.Source: blog.google: Edit and preview documents directly in Gemini (JSON-LD 2026-10-29T16:15Z); Immersive explorations in Gemini app (2026-10-28T18:00Z); New Gemini business landing page and tools (2026-10-20T16:00Z); We're announcing Genie 4 (2026-10-27T16:00Z), fetched 2026-10-29 · 2026-10-29
  • GEMINI 4 CARBON ANNOUNCED, LIMITED TO CYBER DEFENDERS FOR NOW (2026-10-28, vendor-primary): Google calls Carbon 'our strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long horizon capabilities', two weeks after Argon. **Availability:** 'Starting this week, we will make Carbon available to a subset of cyber defenders and will gradually phase access to additional trusted partners through our Fairwind Program', with developers, businesses and consumers to follow 'as soon as possible'. It is not in the Gemini API changelog, AI Studio, the Gemini app or GitHub Copilot as of 2026-10-29. **Price when it opens:** 'the same introductory price as Argon at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens priced at 95% off', then $4 / $20 after the intro period (no end date given for Carbon's intro period). **Vendor-reported results (evaluated without guardrails):** #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59; SEC-bench Pro 88.2%; ExploitGym 54.8%; CWE-bench 71.0% (Argon: 68%); WebDev Arena #4 at 1768 (+89 Elo over Argon); Terminal-Bench 4.0 successful cheating 0.0% with cheat attempts at 0.4%; Gray Swan indirect prompt injection attack success 0.0% (Argon 0.7%); roughly 2x fewer unsupported claims than Argon; high-severity misalignment alerts in internal live coding down almost 80%. Google also says it is taking part in the U.S. government's voluntary pre-release testing process. Our benchmarks block stays on Argon because Argon is the model you can actually call.Source: Google: Gemini 4 Carbon: our next frontier model (blog.google, JSON-LD datePublished 2026-10-28T17:00 UTC; root RSS pubDate Wed 28 Oct 2026) + Gemini API changelog (no Carbon entry as of 2026-10-29, newest entries Oct 26 and Oct 27) · 2026-10-28
  • GEMINI API: REQUEST STORAGE ON BY DEFAULT FOR NEW PAID PROJECTS, AND A GEMINI API CLI IN BETA (2026-10-26 and 2026-10-27, vendor-primary): from Oct 26, 'New projects using the Generate Content API (generateContent, streamGenerateContent, and batchGenerateContent) on the paid tier now store requests by default (store=true), matching the Interactions API. Existing projects keep their current setting.' To opt out, set store=false per request or turn off Generate Content API logging in the Logs and Datasets settings in AI Studio. On Oct 27 Google released the Gemini API CLI (gemini-api) in beta: a stateless, zero-dependency command-line client for coding agents, scripts and CI that runs on the Interactions API and can call Gemini managed agents. Separately, the managed agent deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 reached its 2026-10-23 shutdown date (replacement deep-research-preview-04-2026).Source: Gemini API changelog, entries 'October 27, 2026' and 'October 26, 2026', and the Gemini API deprecations table (last updated 2026-10-22), both fetched 2026-10-29 via Firecrawl · 2026-10-27
  • GEMINI 4 ARGON IS GENERALLY AVAILABLE -- ON THE API RATE CARD, IN THE GEMINI APP FOR PRO AND ULTRA, AND IN GITHUB COPILOT, AT AN INTRO PRICE THAT DOUBLES ON DECEMBER 1 (2026-10-13, vendor-primary): two weeks after the Fairwind-only announcement, Google posted 'Gemini 4 Argon is now available for everyone'. **Where:** 'globally available today for developers and enterprises via the API in AI Studio and Gemini platform, for Google AI Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, and Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search'; developers on the **Gemini API paid tier** in AI Studio and Android Studio; enterprises in Gemini for business, the API and Antigravity. The Gemini API changelog for 10/13 reads 'Gemini 4 Argon (gemini-4-argon) generally available (GA)'. **Price (ai.google.dev pricing page, fetched 10/15):** Standard input $2.00 per 1M 'through November 30, 2026' and $4.00 'starting December 1, 2026'; output (including thinking tokens) $10.00 then $20.00; context caching $0.10 then $0.20 with 'Implicit caching only (explicit caching is not supported)'; Free Tier 'Not available'; Batch/Flex $1 / $5 then $2 / $10; Priority $3.60 / $18 then $7.20 / $36. The launch post footnote matches: 'After the introductory period expires on November 30, 2026, the price of $4 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens will apply.' This answers the open question on the 9/30 entry below (the intro window now has an end date). **Claims (vendor-reported):** #1 on the Vals Index; ERQA 87% ('outperforms all other frontier models'); Gray Swan indirect prompt injection attack success cut to 0.7%; shortcut attempts on coding benchmarks down to 2%; external bio red-teaming unlocked under 1% of bio sub-tasks; RareBench 57% and LabBench 52.2% on Gamow Labs' private evals; Google says Argon in Antigravity raised agentic code submissions by more than 35% and cut rollbacks by nearly a third internally. **Also:** 10,000 scientists can apply for Antigravity's highest usage tier free for six months; the Fairwind Program expands to 'hundreds of additional' partners for guardrail-free cyber access; 'the rest of the Gemini 4 family' is promised with no date. GitHub Copilot added Argon the same day (see the GitHub Copilot page). No Gemini 4 Flash or Pro tier exists yet.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/, AI-vertical RSS pubDate Tue 13 Oct 2026; companion safety post gemini-4-model-safety-security/ same date) + ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (Gemini 4 Argon section) and /docs/changelog ('October 13, 2026') -- fetched 2026-10-15 via curl and Firecrawl · 2026-10-13
  • OCTOBER 6-8: 3.7 FLASH AND 3.5 FLASH DEPRECATED WITH AUTO-ROUTING, DEEP RESEARCH PRO PREVIEW SHUT DOWN 10/23, NANO BANANA 2.1 GA, SYNTHID DETECTOR FOR EVERYONE, GEMINI AGENT FOR WORK (vendor-primary): **(1) Deprecations (Gemini API changelog, 10/08):** 'gemini-3.7-flash is deprecated and has been replaced by gemini-3.8-flash. It is no longer available to select in Google AI Studio, and API requests to gemini-3.7-flash are automatically routed to gemini-3.8-flash'; the same for **gemini-3.5-flash -> gemini-3.6-flash**. The deprecations table lists 3.7 Flash's shutdown as 'N/A' with the note that 'the endpoint is not shutting down'. Practical effect: pinned 3.7 Flash calls now bill and behave as 3.8 Flash. **deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 reached its 2026-10-23 shutdown date** (migrate to deep-research-preview-04-2026 or the -max variant). Lovable separately sets its own in-app retirement dates for 3.6 Flash (11/19) and 3.7 Flash (2027-01-28); those are not Google's. **(2) Nano Banana 2.1 GA (10/06)** replaces Nano Banana 2 on the API at $0.0336 per 1K image (see the nano-banana page). **(3) SynthID Detector global (10/07):** 'we're expanding access to everyone -- with the tool available globally in English starting today'; it checks whether an image, video or audio file was made with AI 'from Google or our partners, including OpenAI, NVIDIA, Kakao, and soon, Apple'; Google says 180 billion+ images and videos and 240,000 years of audio have been watermarked and its built-in checks in Search, the Gemini app and Chrome handle over 1 million requests a day. **(4) Gemini agent (Google Cloud, 10/08, Gemini at Work 2026):** 'a universal agent for work' with an organization's business context that plans tasks, uses skills and tools, connects to business systems, chooses 'the best model for the job' and has built-in cost controls -- details are on the Google Cloud blog and were not independently verified here. **(5) Watch item as of 10/12:** the API models, pricing, changelog and deprecations pages fetched 10/12 contained no Gemini 4 or Argon entry (it went GA the next day, 10/13). **Also in window, not a Gemini change:** Google Labs launched Playground (playground.google, 10/07), an experimental prompt-to-game builder.Source: Gemini API changelog ('October 8, 2026' and 'October 6, 2026' entries) and deprecations page (ai.google.dev, fetched 2026-10-12 via Firecrawl and WebFetch); blog.google 'Google expands SynthID Detector for AI content' (Oct 07, 2026) and 'Google Cloud launches Gemini agent' (Oct 08, 2026) -- fetched 2026-10-12 via curl from the blog.google RSS links · 2026-10-08
  • GEMINI 4 ARGON ANNOUNCED -- A FRONTIER MODEL YOU CANNOT USE YET: FAIRWIND-GATED ROLLOUT, A STATED INTRO PRICE, AND A 1M-TOKEN OUTPUT LIMIT (2026-09-30, vendor-primary): Google announced **Gemini 4 Argon**, 'our new frontier model, which is rolling out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through our Fairwind Program' -- the same gate it used for 3.8 Flash Cyber. **Access is phased:** 'We are actively engaged in the U.S. government's voluntary process for pre-release model access while we gradually expand access ... before making Argon available to developers, enterprises, and consumers as soon as possible.' **No date for general availability**, and the model is **not on ai.google.dev's rate card** (the pricing page was not re-fetched this sweep because the docs host redirect-loops curl; the launch post itself says 'will launch'). **Price, as stated by Google for launch:** 'Argon will launch at an introductory price of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens priced at 95% off input token price' -- the word 'introductory' matters, because both 3.7 Flash and 3.8 Flash carry intro rates that double on 2027-01-01; no expiry is given for Argon's. **Capability claims (all vendor-reported, no third-party verification):** output limit expanded to **1M tokens 'up from the previous 64K'**; **DeepSWE v1.1 77.9%** (new state of the art; compare GPT-6 Sol's 68.8% and Sonnet 5.5's vendor table); **AutomationBench 51.3%, ranked #1** (OpenAI's 9/22 table had GPT-6 Sol at 33.2%); leading on the Vals Index, Vals Finance Agent v2 and Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark; **LVBench 91.7%** (long video); **CWE-bench v1 68%, tied first**, plus wins over 3.8 Flash Cyber on Google's internal vulnerability benchmark (20 languages) and Wiz's black-box pen-test benchmark; Gray Swan IPI prompt-injection robustness lead. Internal anecdotes: a 40% beat of a published quantum-resource baseline, 300 TiB of data-centre memory freed by Argon agents, C/C++ to Rust migrations up to the 800K-line Fuchsia Zircon kernel, and a libgav1 Rust decoder 2.7x faster than the prior port. **Cyber posture:** 'for trusted defenders and our own internal teams at Google, we'll be releasing Argon without cyber guardrails'; Wiz is using it through Scan for Good and found a critical healthcare-software exposure 'that previous frontier models had missed'. Safeguards before broad release: CBRN/cyber refusals with activation monitoring, prompt-injection hardening, **chain-of-thought and action monitoring that stops execution**, sealed sandboxes; Google 'strongly encourage[s] the rest of the industry to preserve reasoning transparency'. **What this meant for the page at the time:** the Gemini app, API and Workspace stayed on the 3.8 generation; Argon was a watch item. **Superseded 2026-10-13: Argon is now GA -- see the entry above.**Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/, on-page date 'Sep 30, 2026', root RSS pubDate Wed 30 Sep 2026; footnote 1 on the introductory price) -- fetched 2026-10-02 via curl; ai.google.dev pricing not re-fetched (redirect loop), github.blog/changelog/ grepped for Argon with no hit · 2026-09-30
  • SKILLS REPLACE GEMS, WITH A DATED SHUTDOWN LADDER, AND GUIDED VISION LANDS IN GEMINI LIVE ON ANDROID (2026-09-30 and 2026-10-01, vendor-primary): **Skills (9/30):** 'rolling out skills directly into Gemini chat globally' for all Google AI subscription tiers (18+ now, under-18 'coming soon'), with Workspace business, enterprise, nonprofit and education 'in the coming weeks'. A skill is a saved set of instructions invoked by typing '/' and its name; Gemini can build skills from your chats and auto-run them on matching prompts; multiple skills stack; and 'starting today, you can create skills that include reference files like plain text documents, PDFs, or images'. Skills were already in Gemini Spark. **'Skills are replacing Gems':** sharing and Drive/Gemini Notebook attachments come 'in the coming weeks', and **Google 'will remove support for Gems starting in November for individuals with personal accounts, March 2027 for Workspace business, enterprise, and nonprofit customers, and June 2027 for Workspace education customers'**; Gems migrate into skills automatically; **Opal, the Labs mini-app builder, 'will also turn down at the same time in November'**, and Gems by Google Labs turn down without migrating. Three new dated flips. **Guided Vision (10/01):** 'launching Guided Vision in Gemini Live across compatible Android devices', built with the blind and low-vision community -- share the camera and Gemini gives audio descriptions plus reframing cues ('pan slowly to the right, tilt downward, or step back'); multilingual, tested with communities in India, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan; enabled under profile settings > Use Guided Vision in Live, via an Android Accessibility shortcut or the TalkBack menu; **Android 9+ in regions and languages where Gemini Live is supported**. Google's own caveat: 'not a medical device, mobility aid, or white cane replacement' and 'not intended for navigation, safe-travel guidance, or obstacle detection'.Source: Google (blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/automate-tasks-with-skills/, 'Sep 30, 2026', footnotes 1-2; blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/guided-vision-gemini-live/, 'Oct 1, 2026') -- fetched 2026-10-02 via curl · 2026-10-01
  • GEMINI 3.8 FLASH TTS AND 3.8 FLASH-LITE TTS -- VOICE DESIGN FROM A PROMPT, VOICE REPLICATION FROM 30 SECONDS, LINE-BY-LINE DIRECTION, AND A DAY-ONE RATE CARD (2026-09-23, vendor-primary): Google introduced 'two new text-to-speech models to the Gemini family, transforming voice generation from static presets into a dynamic creative studio'. **Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS** -- 'built for deep creative direction and character design': generative voice design ('create bespoke voices from scratch by customizing role, accent and voice characteristics across more than 100 languages and dialects using natural language prompting'), a 2,000+ voice library with regional varieties (Mexican Spanish, Quebec French, Scots English), **voice replication from a 30-second sample** 'of your voice or a voice you have the rights to use' with consent verification (a verbal consent recording from the voice owner must match the reference speaker), SynthID watermarking and C2PA credentials, saved custom voices, voice remixing 'coming soon'. **Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS** -- 'built for high-volume, cost-efficient scale': dubbing, audio content, expressive voice agents. Both: line-by-line stage directions, long-form generation over hours with minimal speaker drift, native two-speaker scene staging from one script, scripted vocal bursts and backchanneling (<laughs>, <sigh>, <gasp>, |mhm|, |yeah|). **Benchmarks (Google-reported):** Flash TTS #1 overall on Hume AI's Voice Design Benchmark (71.4) and #1 in accent modeling (60.8); Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS #1 and #2 on Hume's Overall Quality Index; top positions on Voice Arena blind preference in Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Vietnamese, MSA, Mexican Spanish and Hindi. **Rate card (ai.google.dev pricing, fetched 9/28):** `gemini-3.8-flash-tts` **$0.50 per 1M text input / $9.00 per 1M audio output** ('equivalent to $0.00225 per 10s audio'), context caching $0.125; `gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts` **$0.50 / $6.00** ($0.0015 per 10s); Batch tier half of each; all marked **'through December 31, 2026' and doubling 'starting January 1, 2027'** ($1.00/$18.00 and $1.00/$12.00) -- the same intro-then-double pattern as the 3.7/3.8 Flash text prices; free tier available for both. **Availability:** rolling out from 9/23 in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio (new audio playground with a dual-speaker screenplay editor and voice replication), 'coming soon via API in Gemini Enterprise'; for everyone, Flash TTS in Gemini Notebook and Flash-Lite TTS in Google Vids. Platform partners Agora, LiveKit, Pipecat, Vercel; integrators Figma, HeyGen, Linguana, Wondercraft, 99.co, Ollang. Competitive note: ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 (9/28) names 'Google Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, and Google Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS' among the models it claims ~75% blind preference over -- the two vendors now benchmark directly against each other.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-text-to-speech/, on-page 'Sep 23, 2026') + ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS sections, via Firecrawl 2026-09-28) -- fetched 2026-09-28 · 2026-09-23
  • GEMINI 3.8 LIVE WITH LIVE AVATAR -- A LIP-SYNCED VIDEO PERSONA ON THE LIVE MODEL, ENTERPRISE ONLY (2026-09-24, vendor-primary): nine days after Gemini 3.8 Live, Google introduced **Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar**, 'bringing near real-time visual presence to our native live dialogue models. By pairing near real-time video generation with speech, the Live Avatar feature creates an experience that listens, sees, and speaks with a dynamic visual persona' -- precise lip-syncing, natural expressions, fluid turn-taking. Asynchronous tool calling keeps the dialogue running while tools fetch data (hotel check-in demo); native multilingual speech-to-speech synchronization across **97 languages** with lip-sync and expressions adapting mid-conversation. A library of preset avatars plus **custom avatars generated from a reference image 'while preserving reference likeness, brand styling, or character identity' -- custom creation 'currently available only through enterprise allowlisting'**. All audio and video output is SynthID-watermarked; a model card is published. **Availability: 'Starting today, Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is available in Gemini Enterprise'** with API documentation -- not in the consumer Gemini app and no Gemini API price row found on the pricing page as of 9/28 (the 3.8 Live audio rates, $0.005/min in and $0.018/min out, are unchanged). This is the Google-side answer to avatar vendors (HeyGen, Synthesia) inside a native speech-to-speech model rather than as a post-processing layer.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-live-with-live-avatar/, on-page 'Sep 24, 2026') + ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (no Live Avatar row, 2026-09-28) -- fetched 2026-09-28 · 2026-09-24
  • OMNI 1.1 FLASH MAKES FREE 1080P VIDEO IN GOOGLE VIDS FOR ANY GOOGLE ACCOUNT, AND A WAVE OF CONNECTED APPS HITS THE GEMINI APP (2026-09-23, vendor-primary): (1) Google 'expanded access to Google Vids' so that 'anyone with a Google or Google Workspace account can generate high-quality videos at no cost using our latest Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash model and new creative controls' -- visit vids.new on desktop and pick 'Create AI videos'. Controls: extend scenes with consistent lighting, characters and environment; set exact clip durations to match a voiceover; generate new scenes in full 1080p or upscale existing AI clips; ready-made templates. Every clip carries an imperceptible SynthID watermark. (Recorded on veo.ts too, where the Vids free tier lives.) (2) 'A new wave of Connected Apps is rolling out to Gemini' -- productivity: Airtable, Linear, monday.com, PandaDoc, Wispr AI, Zoho; creativity: Adobe, Picsart, Squarespace, Webflow; lifestyle: apartments.com, Experian credit monitoring, Peloton, SeatGeek. Connect them in Gemini settings or @-mention in chat. The Experian hook lands two days after ChatGPT's Experian credit-score feature -- the same data partner in both assistants within a week.Source: Google (blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/gemini-omni-in-google-vids/, on-page 'Sep 23, 2026'; blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/new-connected-apps-gemini/, 'Sep 23, 2026') -- fetched 2026-09-28 via curl with browser UA · 2026-09-23
  • GOOGLEBOOK: A LAPTOP LINE DESIGNED AROUND ON-DEVICE GEMINI, WITH A YEAR OF GOOGLE AI PRO IN THE BOX (2026-09-21, vendor-primary): Google opened pre-orders for **Googlebook**, 'a new category of laptops' built on the Android stack with ChromeOS desktop foundations and 'designed for Gemini Intelligence'. **Price and bundle:** from **$899**, and 'every Googlebook includes **12 months of Google AI Pro** providing 5TB of cloud storage and our Gemini Advanced tools, plus 3 months of YouTube Premium, Adobe Photoshop, and more', with feature drops for up to 10 years. Devices reach shelves **October 4 in the US** and October 5 in Canada, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia. **What the Gemini integration actually is:** **Magic Pointer** -- wiggle the cursor to bring Gemini to whatever is on screen (schedule a plan from a web page into Calendar, check whether a hovered email is spam, combine selected images); **Rambler** voice dictation; custom widget creation; and the Chrome/Android Gemini features (task automations, Gemini Live, proactive suggestions) out of the box, including **Gemini Spark continuing to work with the laptop closed**. Google says Gemini 'only acts when you ask it to, and you can switch it off'. **Why it is on this page:** it is the first hardware SKU that bundles a Google AI Pro subscription, so for anyone planning to buy AI Pro anyway the effective laptop price is lower by a year of the plan -- and it puts Gemini in the same on-device, OS-level position that Copilot holds on Windows PCs and that Perplexity is buying via HP pre-loads. Google's posts say 'on-device Gemini' and 'built-in intelligence' but do not name the local model or say which features run offline, so treat 'on-device' as Google's framing rather than a verified local-inference claim.Source: Google (blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/googlebook/pre-order-googlebook/ and .../googlebook-built-in-intelligence/, root-RSS pubDate 'Mon, 21 Sep 2026') -- fetched 2026-09-21 via curl · 2026-09-21
  • GEMINI 3.8 LIVE AND 3.8 LIVE EXTENDED THINKING -- NATIVE SPEECH-TO-SPEECH AT $0.005/MIN IN, $0.018/MIN OUT, AND THE FIRST GEMINI AUDIO LAUNCH WITH A RATE CARD ON DAY ONE (2026-09-15, vendor-primary): Google launched two new live dialogue models. **Gemini 3.8 Live** is 'built for scale and cost efficiency, combining conversational intelligence with fluid dialogue and visual grounding'; **Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking** is 'built for high-complexity tasks, with increased intelligence and multi-step reasoning' and reasons and speaks simultaneously, using verbal cues like 'Let me check that' and narrating progress on background tasks. **Vendor-cited results, all attributed to third parties:** Extended Thinking takes the **#1 overall spot on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index (82.6)**, 68.6% on tau-Voice and 35.1% on Sierra's tau-Voice-banking, 97.7% on Big Bench Audio; 3.8 Live places **second in Speech Agent Arena**; both push the Pareto frontier on ServiceNow's EVA-Bench (Google notes that run used the Live API on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform). **Capabilities:** asynchronous function calling (tools run in the background while audio keeps streaming), live visual context, alphanumeric precision for confirmation codes and claim numbers, automatic switching among **97 languages** mid-conversation, incremental content updates, and configurable thinking on Extended Thinking. **PRICING, READ OFF THE LIVE RATE CARD (ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing, section 'Gemini 3.8 Live, Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview'):** per 1M tokens **$0.75 text in / $4.50 text out**, **$3.00 or $0.005/min audio in**, **$1.00 or $0.002/min image/video in**, **$12.00 or $0.018/min audio out (thinking tokens included)**; free tier available; Google Search grounding shares the 5,000 free requests/month pool across Gemini 3.x then $14 per 1,000. **Both models and the older 3.1 Flash Live Preview sit on ONE shared price row**, so the upgrade is free at the rate-card level. Google's own footnote derives the per-minute figures from $3/1M in and $12/1M out. Model IDs: `gemini-3.8-live`, `gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking`. **FOR COMPARISON: OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 API (9/10) charges $0.05/min for its voice layer with the backend model billed separately -- Gemini's audio-out rate is under 40% of that, and its audio-in rate a tenth, though Gemini bills text and tool tokens on top too, so per-task cost depends on the mix.** **Availability:** developers via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio (ai.studio/live) and via Live API partners Agora, Fishjam, LangChain, LiveKit, Pipecat, Vercel and Vision Agents; enterprises in private preview in Gemini Enterprise, 'coming soon' to Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience; everyone via Search Live (3.8 Live) and **Gemini Live in the app (Extended Thinking)**; Workspace gets Extended Thinking in **Docs Live for Google AI Pro and Ultra, and in Gmail Live and Keep Live for all Google AI subscribers**, with business customers 'coming soon'. Salesforce, Genspark and Lumeris named as launch partners. All generated audio carries SynthID. **Note the launch post carries an 'Updated September 17, 2026' stamp two days after publication; the availability list above is the updated text.** Watch: Gemini 3.5 Live Translate (70+ languages) and Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS remain the translation and TTS models; no 3.8 TTS yet.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-live-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking/, root-RSS pubDate 'Tue, 15 Sep 2026', on-page 'Sep 15, 2026', body stamped 'Updated September 17, 2026', by Tom Ouyang and Malini Jaganathan); Google developers post (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/build-real-time-voice-applications-gemini-audio/, 'Sep 15, 2026', by Alisa Fortin and Thor Schaeff); ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing rendered via Firecrawl -- all fetched 2026-09-17 · 2026-09-15
  • GEMINI 3.5 TRANSCRIBE NOW HAS A PUBLISHED RATE CARD -- CLOSING THE 'NO PRICING' CAVEAT FROM THE 8/26 ENTRY (verified 2026-09-17 on the live pricing page): the Gemini API pricing page now lists both transcription models. **`gemini-3.5-transcribe` (Interactions API, pre-recorded): $2.00 per 1M audio tokens in (Google's estimate: $0.003/min) and $12.00 per 1M text tokens out ($0.002/min), for a blended 'about $0.005 per minute'.** **`gemini-3.5-transcribe-live` (Live API, streaming): $3.50 per 1M audio in ($0.005/min) and $21.00 per 1M text out ($0.004/min), blended about $0.009/min.** Google's per-minute estimates assume 25 audio tokens per second in and 175 text tokens per minute out. Neither supports Google Search grounding; both have a free tier. The 9/15 developer post also adds detail the launch post lacked: **custom vocabulary biasing takes a list of up to 1,000 terms**, code-switching is handled within and across sentences automatically, and the Interactions API accepts audio files **up to 1 hour** with timestamps and speaker labels. The 8/26 figure of 4.0% WER is restated. The tagline's earlier 'no public rate card' claim for Transcribe is therefore retired; **Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash still has no per-second video rate on the page we could find.**Source: Google (ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing, sections 'Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live' and 'Gemini 3.5 Transcribe', rendered via Firecrawl 2026-09-17); Google developers post 'Build real-time voice applications with Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.5 Transcribe' (2026-09-15) -- fetched 2026-09-17 · 2026-09-17
  • GOOGLE LABS' CC BECOMES A FAMILY AGENT -- NOT A GEMINI FEATURE, BUT IT IS THE PROJECT THAT BECAME THE GEMINI APP'S DAILY BRIEF (2026-09-17, vendor-primary): Google Labs relaunched **CC**, its personal agent, as 'an agent for families and households'. Google's own framing of the lineage: 'When we launched CC, our goal was to build a personal agent that helps you get ahead of your day... in May we brought it to the Gemini App as Daily Brief.' The new CC **has its own verified Google Account** with a distinct identity and permissions model, supports **up to six members**, sees only what each member chooses to share (school emails, the vet, the swim centre), and produces a shared 'Your Day Ahead' brief plus Calendar and Tasks entries; it can fill permission slips and registration PDFs, build shopping lists and meal plans, and accepts forwarded emails, texts, photos of invites, Drive folders and Calendar shares. **Availability: US only, by upgrade email or waitlist.** Recorded here because it is the upstream of Daily Brief and the clearest signal of where the Gemini app's 'manage your day' voice features (which 3.8 Live Extended Thinking now powers) are heading; it is a Labs experiment, not a roster product.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/cc-expanding-to-groups/, root-RSS pubDate 'Thu, 17 Sep 2026', on-page 'Sep 17, 2026', by Tom Shane) -- fetched 2026-09-17 · 2026-09-17
  • THE GEMINI APP COMES TO WINDOWS -- ALT+SPACE OVERLAY, GOOGLE-APP CONNECTORS AND GEMINI SPARK ON THE DESKTOP (2026-09-10, vendor-primary): Google shipped **the Gemini app for Windows**, downloadable from gemini.google/desktop, ten weeks after the macOS app got Gemini Spark (6/30). **What it is:** a native desktop app summoned with **Alt + Space** over whatever you are working in, for drafting, Q&A, image and video creation, and file organisation, designed (per Google) to 'run smoothly in the background so it won't slow down your computer.' The desktop landing page confirms the Windows build has the same three pillars as Mac: the shortcut overlay, **Gemini Spark** ('your 24/7 personal AI agent' for multi-step research, planning and synthesis), and **connectors to Gmail, Drive, Docs and Calendar** to pull information into the desktop workflow. **WHY IT MATTERS:** this closes the platform gap with ChatGPT's unified desktop app (Windows + Mac since 7/09) and with Microsoft Copilot's native Windows position -- Gemini is now resident on the OS Microsoft controls, with an overlay shortcut that competes directly with the Copilot key. Spark's tier gating (AI Ultra, 18+, US on Mac at its June launch) is not restated in the Windows post; assume the same until Google says otherwise. No pricing change.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-app-now-on-windows/, root-RSS pubDate 'Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000', on-page 'Sep 10, 2026', by Erin Pettigrew); gemini.google/desktop (download page listing Alt+Space / Option+Space, Spark and Google-app connectors) -- both fetched 2026-09-14 · 2026-09-10
  • FALL AI-PLAN REFRESH -- GOOGLE PICS AND SHEETS CANVAS GATED TO AI PRO/ULTRA, GEMINI SPARK NOW REACHES INTO CHROME AND GOOGLE PHOTOS, VOICE IN GMAIL/DOCS/KEEP (2026-09-09, vendor-primary): Google's AI-subscriptions post lists what the tiers now include, and the tier lines are the useful part: **Voice** in Gmail, Docs and Keep to draft, search the inbox and capture notes -- **AI Plus, Pro and Ultra in Gmail and Keep; Pro and Ultra only in Docs**. **Google Pics in Google Workspace** (poster design, social posts, illustration editing) -- **AI Pro and Ultra**. **Sheets canvas** -- turn a spreadsheet into an interactive 'mini-app' from a prompt -- **AI Pro and Ultra**. **Gemini Spark 'now connected with Google Chrome and Google Photos'** to run web errands, edit photos and curate albums -- **AI Pro and Ultra, US only**, which is a broadening from Spark's Ultra-only macOS launch in June if it holds across surfaces. **Eligible college students worldwide get one year of a Google AI plan free.** **READ:** the pattern is consistent -- AI Plus gets voice and the basics, the agentic and creative features land at Pro ($19.99) and up, and Spark keeps expanding its reach (Chrome, Photos, now Windows) faster than its documented tier rules, so check the in-product gate before promising a feature to a Plus subscriber.Source: Google (blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-one/fall-2026-ai-plan-updates/, root-RSS pubDate 'Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000', on-page 'Sep 09, 2026', by Vikas Kansal) -- fetched 2026-09-14 · 2026-09-09
  • GEMINI 3.8 FLASH AND 3.8 FLASH CYBER -- THE THIRD FLASH RELEASE IN SIX WEEKS, AND THE INTRO PRICE DID NOT RESET (2026-09-02, vendor-primary): Google shipped **Gemini 3.8 Flash** and **Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber**, describing 3.8 as 'our best reasoning and coding model yet, at the same speed and low cost of 3.7' and noting this is its **third Flash release in only six weeks**, three weeks after 3.7 Flash. **PRICING -- AND THE TRAP IS THE SAME ONE 3.7 FLASH CARRIED, ON THE SAME DEADLINE:** 3.8 Flash is '**available at the same introductory price as 3.7 Flash at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens**'. The footnote is explicit: '**Introductory price expires on December 31, 2026. Starting January 1, 2027, $1.50/1M input tokens and $7.50/1M output tokens will apply.**' **So the new model inherits the old model's expiry date rather than getting a fresh twelve months -- the discount window is now four months shorter than it was for anyone who adopted 3.7 Flash in August.** Budget on the January 1 doubling, not on today's rate. **BENCHMARKS, VENDOR-PUBLISHED:** **54.9% on HLE-Verified**; Google says 3.8 Flash 'outperforms most larger frontier models' on **DeepSWE v1.1** long-horizon software engineering 'at a fraction of the cost', and beats 3.7 Flash and other frontier models on **Vals Finance Agent V2** and **Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark**. **AN HONEST COST CAVEAT GOOGLE PUBLISHES AND AGGREGATORS WILL DROP:** the gains come from the model '**working harder**' -- 'executing extra reasoning steps, and calling tools iteratively', and 'at times, the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels'. **Same per-token price, potentially more tokens per task -- so the effective cost per task can rise even though the rate card did not move.** Google explicitly tells efficiency-first users to lower the effort level or **stay on 3.7 Flash, which 'remains fully supported'** -- so this is not a forced migration. **GEMINI 3.8 FLASH CYBER IS NOT PURCHASABLE:** it is available 'to a select set of trusted defenders' via the new **Fairwind Program**, aimed at trusted government authorities, critical-infrastructure operators and software maintainers, with prioritized access by application. Google reports frontier CyberGym performance at **2.3-5.2x lower cost than other leading frontier models**, and says its Cloud Vulnerability Research team used it to find a critical foundational vulnerability **in under two hours** where discovery normally takes months. **AVAILABILITY OF 3.8 FLASH (the one you can actually use):** developers via Google Antigravity, the Gemini API through Google AI Studio, Android Studio and Stitch; enterprises via Gemini Enterprise; consumers on **Google AI Pro and Ultra** across the Gemini app, AI Mode in Google Search, and Gemini in Google Sheets. **It reached GitHub Copilot the next day, 2026-09-03**, for Pro, Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/, root-RSS pubDate 'Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000', on-page 'Sep 02, 2026') -- fetched 2026-09-05 via curl with browser UA · 2026-09-02
  • GEMINI 3.5 TRANSCRIBE -- NEW SPEECH-TO-TEXT MODEL, AND IT RETIRES CHIRP 3 AS THE REFERENCE POINT (2026-08-26, vendor-primary): Google launched Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, its '**most precise speech-to-text model yet**', in the Gemini API via Google AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. **Two separate APIs, two model IDs:** real-time streaming with sub-second latency via the Live API using `gemini-3.5-transcribe-live`, and pre-recorded processing with speaker attribution and word-level timestamps via the Interactions API using `gemini-3.5-transcribe`. **Vendor-cited accuracy, attributed to Artificial Analysis (third party, not Google's own harness): average WER 4.0% streaming / 2.6% non-streaming**, and on the multilingual FLEURS benchmark **5.50% streaming / 5.04% non-streaming**. Time-to-final-transcription improves **70% versus Chirp 3**. **85+ languages** auto-detected; **multi-speaker attribution is capped at three speakers, with 3+ explicitly experimental** -- that ceiling is the practical limit for meeting transcription and no aggregator will mention it. Also does disfluency cleanup (self-corrections, filler removal, auto-formatting), custom vocabulary, and **function calling to delegate to other Gemini models -- currently only in the Gemini macOS app**. **NO PUBLISHED RATE CARD in the launch post.**Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-5-transcribe/, on-page 'Aug 26, 2026', RSS pubDate 'Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000') -- fetched 2026-08-28 via curl · 2026-08-26
  • GEMINI OMNI 1.1 FLASH -- GENERATIVE VIDEO GETS PRODUCTION CONTROLS (2026-08-27, vendor-primary): Google shipped Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, framed explicitly as making Omni 1.1 '**production-ready for professional use**' via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. **Four changes, all about control rather than raw quality:** (1) **Scene extension** -- continue generating from where an existing clip left off; the model now analyses **up to 10 seconds of prior context, versus previous models that referenced only the final second**, and you can extend in 10-second increments to a **cumulative 40 seconds**. (2) **First and last frame interpolation** -- set start and end frames to control camera moves and transitions. (3) **360p preview renders** at lower credit cost to iterate before committing to a full render. (4) **4K upscaling** for final output. **READ THE 40-SECOND CEILING AS THE REAL LIMIT:** this is a cumulative cap, not a per-call cap, so Omni 1.1 is still a shot-generator, not a long-form video tool. **NO PRICING WAS PUBLISHED for the 1.1 tier in the announcement** -- do not carry Omni Flash's $0.10/sec across without confirming it on a rate card.Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/build-with-gemini-omni-1-1-flash/, RSS pubDate 'Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000') -- fetched 2026-08-28 via curl · 2026-08-27
  • A FREE YEAR OF GOOGLE AI FOR STUDENTS -- AND THE AUTO-RENEW TERM IS THE PART THAT WILL CATCH PEOPLE (2026-08-19, vendor-primary): Google opened a back-to-school offer that is materially the largest giveaway on this page. **US college students get 12 months of Google AI Pro free**, which Google itself values at **$19.99/mo** -- unlocking **4x higher usage limits in Gemini**, access to **Gemini Spark**, Gemini in Gmail and Docs, **5 TB of storage** and Google Health Premium. **Outside the US, eligible students get 12 months of Google AI Plus free** instead: **Gemini Omni**, 2x higher usage limits, 400 GB storage. There is also a **Google AI Pro + YouTube Premium student bundle at up to 70% off**. **THE TERMS, READ OFF GOOGLE'S OWN PLANS PAGE RATHER THAN THE BLOG POST:** eligibility requires **verification via SheerID at sign-up**; student offers are '**valid for up to 4 years and may automatically renew at the standard monthly price once student status concludes**'; they are '**not available on school-issued accounts**' and are individual-use only. **That auto-renew-to-full-price clause is the single most important sentence for a reader** and it does not appear in the announcement blog post -- it is in the plans-page footnotes. Anyone claiming this should set a calendar reminder for month 12. **SHIPPED ALONGSIDE:** a dedicated **student hub at gemini.google.com/students** collecting study notebooks, flashcards and practice quizzes; study notebooks (launched June) gain **graphs and images 'in the coming weeks'** and can write exam and assignment dates from a syllabus into Google Calendar with permission; interactive 3D visualizations; and Gemini Live for talking through Drive materials. **COMPETITIVE READ:** this lands the day after OpenAI shipped ChatGPT for Teens and its CodeAI education partnership. Both labs moved on the education market in the same 48 hours, but the shapes differ -- **OpenAI restricted a tier (automatic placement, safety-first), Google discounted one (free access, feature-first)**Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/student-offer-google-ai/, RSS pubDate 'Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000'); SheerID / 4-year / auto-renew terms verified on one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans/ -- both fetched 2026-08-20 via curl · 2026-08-19
  • GEMINI IN CHROME REACHES ALL US ANDROID USERS, AND AUTO BROWSE ARRIVES ON MOBILE FOR PAID TIERS (2026-08-18, vendor-primary): Google made **Gemini in Chrome available to all Android users in the U.S.** -- summarising long articles, answering questions about a page, and connecting to Google apps including Calendar and Keep without tab-switching, plus **Nano Banana image generation and customisation in-browser**. Reached via the Gemini icon or the three-dot menu on the top bar. **THE TIER SPLIT IS THE FACT THAT MATTERS:** the assistant is free to all US Android users, but '**AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers on Android in the U.S.**' additionally get **auto browse**, Chrome's agentic mode -- booking parking, updating a recurring order, organising travel. So the browsing assistant is free; **the agent is paywalled**, and only in the US, and only on Android. **SECURITY POSTURE, VENDOR-STATED:** models are 'trained to detect known threats, such as **prompt injection**', and auto browse '**is designed to ask for confirmation before completing some sensitive tasks**' -- note the hedge in 'some', which Google does not enumerate. **HOW THIS RELATES TO THE 7/30 SPARK ENTRY BELOW:** that update brought Chrome auto-browse to the AI Pro tier and expanded Spark to 160 countries on desktop; this is the Android leg of the same push, and it is **US-only at launch** rather than inheriting that 160-country footprint -- do not assume the desktop geography applies hereSource: Google (blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/chrome/gemini-in-chrome-android-auto-browse/, RSS pubDate 'Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000', fetched 2026-08-20 via curl) · 2026-08-18
  • NEW FLAGSHIP WORKHORSE -- GEMINI 3.7 FLASH (2026-08-13, vendor post): Google shipped **Gemini 3.7 Flash**, billed as 'our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents' -- and it **supersedes Gemini 3.6 Flash after only three weeks** (3.6 Flash was 7/21). **Vendor-published benchmarks, all versus 3.6 Flash:** FrontierCode 1.1 Main **43.6% (from 34.4%)**, DeepSWE v1.1 **65.3% (from 49.0%)**, WebDev Arena Elo **1588 (from 1538)**, GDP.pdf **34.0% (from 22.0%)**, AutomationBench **30.4% (from 17.0%)**. These are first-party figures; third-party verification pending. **PRICING IS INTRODUCTORY AND IT DOUBLES -- read this before you build on it:** **$0.75/M input and $3.75/M output through 2026-12-31**, then **$1.50/M input and $7.50/M output from 2027-01-01** (confirmed on both the launch post and ai.google.dev's pricing table). Note what that means in context: the post-promo price is **exactly Gemini 3.6 Flash's price**, so the intro rate is a 50% launch discount rather than a durable price cut -- budget on $1.50/$7.50 for anything running past New Year. **Availability day one:** Google AI Studio and Android Studio, the Gemini API, Google Antigravity, the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and **Gemini Spark in the Gemini app for Pro and Ultra subscribers** -- plus, confirmed since, **GitHub Copilot on the same day (2026-08-13)**, across Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise, though Business/Enterprise admins 'must enable the Gemini 3.7 Flash Preview policy in Copilot settings' first (note GitHub carries it under a **Preview** policy label, so do not assume Copilot's 8/26 default-enablement flip switches it on automatically). **The strategic read:** Google has now shipped three Flash generations (3.5 Flash-Lite, 3.6, 3.7) in roughly seven weeks while **Gemini 3.5 Pro remains unshipped and partner-only** -- the Flash line is where Google's coding-model progress is actually landing, and buyers waiting on a Pro-tier answer should plan around Flash insteadSource: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-3-7-flash/, fetched 2026-08-13); pricing independently confirmed at ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (fetched 2026-08-13) · 2026-08-13
  • GEMINI 3.5 PRO STATUS CHECK (2026-08-03): still unshipped, and there is **no new information since July 21**. The Gemini API changelog runs through 7/30 (latest entries are the Robotics-ER 2 previews) with **no `gemini-3.5-pro` release at any point**, and there has been no GA post on blog.google. Google's last public word remains the 7/21 model post: 'Gemini 3.5 Pro is currently testing with partners and we plan to make it broadly available as soon as it's ready.' That is three missed windows -- June, the aggregator-only 'July 17', and the 7/21 drop that shipped Flash variants instead. **No vendor date exists; any '3.5 Pro is coming on X' claim is speculation.** Practical read for buyers: Google AI Pro's in-tier flagship is still Gemini 3.1 Ultra, and **Gemini 3.6 Flash (7/21) is the model to actually plan around**. Separately, Google has confirmed pre-training has begun on Gemini 4 -- no specs, no dateSource: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog (checked 2026-08-03, no 3.5 Pro entry through 7/30); blog.google Gemini 3.6 Flash post (2026-07-21) · 2026-08-03
  • NEW MODELS -- GEMINI 3.6 FLASH + 3.5 FLASH-LITE + 3.5 FLASH CYBER GA (2026-07-21, vendor post): Google shipped the 'upgraded Flash stopgap' it had flagged while Gemini 3.5 Pro stayed delayed. **Gemini 3.6 Flash** -- improved workhorse for coding/knowledge/multimodal at **$1.50/M input, $7.50/M output** (a ~17% output price cut vs 3.5 Flash's $9), uses **17% fewer output tokens** than 3.5 Flash, up to +65% on DeepSWE and 49% vs 37% on certain code tasks; live day-one across the Gemini API (AI Studio, Android Studio), Google Antigravity, the Gemini app, and GitHub Copilot. **Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite** -- fastest 3.5-class model at **$0.30/M input, $2.50/M output**, **350 output tokens/sec**, 54% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 (vs 31% prior); on Gemini API + Enterprise + rolling out in Google Search. **Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber** -- a security-tuned model for finding/fixing vulnerabilities paired with the CodeMender agent, gov/trusted-partner-only via a limited-access pilot (no public pricing). CRUCIAL: Gemini 3.5 **Pro did NOT ship** here -- Google says it is 'currently testing 3.5 Pro with partners' and will release it 'as soon as it's ready' (still no date). Google also disclosed it has 'started our most ambitious pre-training run yet, for **Gemini 4**' (pre-training only, no specs, no date)Source: Google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/), TechCrunch (2026-07-21), 9to5Google, GitHub Copilot changelog (2026-07-21) · 2026-07-21
  • GEMINI 3.5 PRO DELAY NOW VENDOR-SIDE CONFIRMED (2026-07-16, Bloomberg): Google is reportedly **months behind schedule** on Gemini 3.5 Pro -- Bloomberg's sourcing says the model's capabilities, 'particularly in coding,' fell short of internal goals, and a late-June remediation attempt (updated training data) produced 'disappointing' results. This is the third missed window (June -> the aggregator-only 'July 17' -> TBD), and press reports the delay news knocked ~$200B off Alphabet's market value on 7/16. Google's own statement: it is 'currently testing 3.5 Pro, an upgraded Flash model, and other models with partners' -- so an upgraded Flash stopgap may ship first. The 'July 17' date circulating on aggregators was never Google-confirmed. Treat all 3.5 Pro capability claims as unshipped. SEPARATE COMMUNITY WATCH (unconfirmed, do not treat as vendor fact): devs on Google's official AI forum report `gemini-2.5-flash` returning 'no longer available' 404s starting ~7/9, three months ahead of its published Oct 16, 2026 shutdown date -- no Google response in-thread yet; could be a bug or partial rollout. If you depend on 2.5 Flash, verify availability directlySource: Bloomberg (2026-07-16), 9to5Google (9to5google.com/2026/07/16/gemini-3-5-pro-delays/), LA Times (2026-07-17), discuss.ai.google.dev thread 174217 (community, unconfirmed) · 2026-07-16
  • GEMINI SPARK: CHROME AUTO-BROWSE + 160-COUNTRY EXPANSION, AND IT DROPS TO THE AI PRO TIER (2026-07-30, vendor post): the biggest Spark update since launch, and it changes who can get it. **(1) Chrome integration.** Spark now drives Chrome directly -- Google's wording: Spark can 'use your logged-in accounts and saved passwords to handle tedious web errands, like scheduling viewings for apartments you've saved or researching flight options.' Safety posture: Google says it architected defenses against prompt injection and keeps humans in the loop on sensitive actions, 'such as payments, by handing the task back to you.' **Chrome auto-browse is rolling out in the U.S. first**, with other regions later. **(2) Availability widens sharply, and the tier drops.** Access opened to **over 160 additional countries** -- and critically for **Google AI Pro ($19.99/mo) subscribers**, not just the AI Ultra tier Spark launched on. **(3) The exclusions matter and Google does not list them in the blog post:** per Google's own support documentation, 'Spark is currently unavailable in the European Economic Area, Nigeria, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.' So EU and UK readers are still locked out even after the expansion -- an unusually large carve-out that reads as regulatory caution rather than capacity. (Exclusion list quoted from Google support docs as reported by PPC Land; the blog post itself is silent on it -- flagging the sourcing because it is the detail most likely to affect a reader's decision.)Source: blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-spark-updates-july-2026/, fetched 2026-08-03); exclusion list via PPC Land quoting Google support documentation · 2026-07-30
  • LYRIA 3.5 MUSIC MODEL (2026-07-29, vendor post): Google shipped **Lyria 3.5**, described as 'our newest music generation model', delivering 'significant advancements across musicality, lyrics, and vocal quality.' Specifics Google cites: richer and more complex melodic structures, better lyric prompt-adherence and structural awareness, more realistic and emotionally nuanced vocals with improved pronunciation, and more creative control over tempo and duration. **Availability is narrow: it is rolling out in Google Flow Music.** The announcement does NOT mention the Gemini app, the API, or MusicFX, and says nothing about SynthID watermarking -- so do not assume API access. See the lyria page for detailSource: blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/lyria-3-5/, fetched 2026-08-03) · 2026-07-29
  • GEMINI ROBOTICS ER 2 (2026-07-30, vendor): Google released **two new embodied-reasoning model endpoints for robotics in public preview**, per the Gemini API changelog: 'Gemini Robotics ER 2 in public preview: Released two new embodied reasoning model endpoints for robotics.' Google's blog frames the capability as real-time spatial reasoning, multi-step task planning, and collaboration between different robots. Noted here for completeness -- it is a developer/robotics API, not a consumer Gemini feature, and does not change anything in the Gemini appSource: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog (2026-07-30), blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/gemini-robotics-er-2/) · 2026-07-30
  • GEMINI SPARK ON MACOS (2026-06-30/07-01): Google's agentic assistant Gemini Spark launched on the Mac Gemini app in beta -- Google AI Ultra subscribers, 18+, US only (gemini.google/mac). Local file automation, MCP support, and new connected apps: Canva, Dropbox, Instacart, OpenTable, Zillow Rentals, plus Google Tasks/Keep. Google's answer to Claude desktop agents and OpenAI's Codex/Operator surface war on the desktopSource: blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-spark-updates-june-2026/), TechCrunch 2026-07-01 · 2026-07-01
  • NEW MEDIA MODELS (2026-06-30, vendor post): Google shipped **Nano Banana 2 Lite** (`gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image`) and **Gemini Omni Flash** (`gemini-omni-flash-preview`) to AI Studio, the Gemini API, and the Enterprise Agent Platform. Nano Banana 2 Lite is Google's 'fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini Image model' -- text-to-image in ~4 seconds at **$0.034 per 1K-resolution image** (coming to AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, NotebookLM, and Google Photos). Gemini Omni Flash does video generation + conversational (natural-language) video editing and multimodal referencing at **$0.10 per second of video output** (10-second clips at launch, longer coming); SynthID watermarked. Both target high-volume, low-latency workflows. See the nano-banana and veo pages for detail.Source: blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-omni-flash-nano-banana-2-lite/) · 2026-06-30
  • API SHUTDOWNS NOW IN EFFECT (dates passed as of this review): the older media model IDs announced 6/15 have retired on schedule -- **Veo 2.0 + Veo 3.0 shut down 2026-06-30** (migrate to Veo 3.1) and the **Nano Banana preview image IDs `gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview` + `gemini-3-pro-image-preview` shut down 2026-06-25** (use the GA `gemini-3.1-flash-image` / `gemini-3-pro-image`). Pinned calls to any of these legacy IDs are now failing. **Imagen 4.0 models (`imagen-4.0-generate-001`, `-ultra-`, `-fast-`) still shut down 2026-08-17** (→ `gemini-3.1-flash-image`).Source: Gemini API changelog + deprecations (ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) · 2026-06-30
  • AGENT CAPABILITY (2026-06-24): Google added **native computer use to Gemini 3.5 Flash** -- the model can see, reason, and act across desktop, mobile, and browser environments, aimed at building long-horizon enterprise automation agents. Puts Gemini 3.5 Flash into direct competition with Anthropic computer use and OpenAI's Operator/Codex computer-use tooling.Source: blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-computer-use-gemini-3-5-flash/) · 2026-06-24
  • PRICE CUT (2026-06-09): **Google AI Plus dropped from $7.99 to $4.99/mo** and doubled storage 200GB → 400GB (US; tier includes Gemini Omni Flash video gen, Flow, and NotebookLM). TechCrunch framed it as 'a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars' -- it undercuts ChatGPT Go ($8/mo) by nearly half. Current Google AI plan ladder: Plus $4.99 / Pro $19.99 / Ultra 5x from $99.99 / Ultra 20x $199.99Source: blog.google (Google One subscriptions post), TechCrunch (2026-06-09), Engadget · 2026-06-09
  • PARTNERSHIP WIN (2026-06-08, WWDC): Apple's rebuilt **Siri AI** runs on next-generation Apple Foundation Models that Apple says were 'custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models' -- press reports the deal at ~$1B/year for a ~1.2T-parameter custom Gemini variant. This puts Gemini-derived models behind the default assistant on qualifying iPhones, iPads, and Macs when iOS 27 / macOS 27 ship this fall. Separately, iOS 27's Extensions framework lets users select Gemini itself as the system assistant behind Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground -- distribution ChatGPT used to hold exclusively. Arguably Google's biggest AI distribution win to date; see the siri-ai page for the Apple-side detailSource: Apple newsroom (apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/apple-unveils-next-generation-of-apple-intelligence-siri-ai-and-more/), TechCrunch, CNBC, SiliconANGLE · 2026-06-08
  • SHUTDOWN NOW IN EFFECT (2026-06-18, TODAY): As of today, **Gemini CLI and the Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions have stopped serving requests** for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers and free-tier Gemini Code Assist for individuals (per Google's vendor post: 'On June 18, 2026, Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions will stop serving requests for Google AI Pro and Ultra, as well as those using it free of charge'). 'Login with Google' auth for these consumer surfaces also stopped working, and there is no grace period -- any CI/CD or script calling `gemini` on a consumer plan breaks now. **Enterprise customers** (Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise licenses, or Code Assist for GitHub via Google Cloud) are UNAFFECTED and keep access with ongoing model updates. Replacement: **Antigravity CLI** (available to everyone now) -- Google says 'there won't be 1:1 feature parity out of the gate' but it keeps the critical Gemini CLI features (Agent Skills, Hooks, Subagents, Extensions, now as Antigravity plugins). If you were scripting against Gemini CLI on a consumer plan, migrate immediately.Source: Google Developers Blog (developers.googleblog.com/en/an-important-update-transitioning-gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli/), 9to5Google · 2026-06-18
  • GEMINI API MODEL SHUTDOWNS (announced 2026-06-15, via the Gemini API changelog): a cluster of older media-generation model IDs are being retired. **Veo 2.0 + Veo 3.0 video models shut down 2026-06-30** (migrate to `veo-3.1-generate-preview` / `veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview` or the 3.1 GA models). **Nano Banana preview image IDs `gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview` + `gemini-3-pro-image-preview` shut down 2026-06-25** (migrate to the GA `gemini-3.1-flash-image` / `gemini-3-pro-image`, released 5/28). **Imagen 4.0 models (`imagen-4.0-generate-001`, `-ultra-`, `-fast-`) shut down 2026-08-17.** Only the model IDs change -- update integrations before each date to avoid service interruption. (Separately, the consumer Gemini CLI shutdown above is the 6/18 event.)Source: Gemini API changelog (ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog, 2026-06-15 entries) · 2026-06-15
  • I/O 2026 SHIP (2026-05-19): **GEMINI OMNI** announced -- Google's natively multimodal video-generation model, first variant **Gemini Omni Flash**. Generates video from image / audio / video / text input, supports conversational editing inside the Gemini app, physics-grounded outputs, SynthID watermarking. Availability: Gemini app for AI Plus / Pro / Ultra subscribers globally; YouTube Shorts + YouTube Create app at no extra cost; Developer API 'in the coming weeks'. Direct competitive shot at OpenAI's Sora-2 (Sora 1 retired 2026-04-26) + Runway Gen-4.5 + Pika + Luma. The differentiator is in-conversation editing inside Gemini rather than a separate video-gen app. **Aggregator-circulated 'Veo 4' name is NOT this product** -- DeepMind models page still lists Veo 3.1 as current; no Veo 4 exists. Omni is the video-gen ship that Veo's lineup didn't get at I/O 2026.Source: blog.google (blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-omni/) · 2026-05-19
  • I/O 2026 SHIP (2026-05-19): GEMINI 3.5 FLASH GA. Available immediately in Gemini app (global), AI Mode in Google Search, Google Antigravity platform, Gemini API via Google AI Studio + Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and Gemini Enterprise. Vendor-published benchmarks: Terminal-Bench 2.1 = 76.2%, GDPval-AA = 1656 Elo, MCP Atlas = 83.6%, CharXiv Reasoning (multimodal) = 84.2%, claimed 4x faster than other frontier models. Vendor framing: 'outperforming Gemini 3.1 Pro on challenging coding and agentic benchmarks' with richer interactive web UIs and graphics vs. Gemini 3. Pricing not disclosed in launch post -- check ai.google.dev/pricing for canonical.Source: blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-5/, ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog (2026-05-19 entry releases gemini-3.5-flash GA) · 2026-05-19
  • GEMINI 3.5 PRO -- STILL NOT SHIPPED as of 2026-07-04 (SLIPPED past its June window). At I/O (5/19) Google said 3.5 Pro was in internal testing with rollout 'next month' (June), but the Gemini API changelog runs through 6/30 with no 3.5 Pro entry and there is no blog.google GA post. Only Gemini 3.5 Flash is GA. Press now points to July 2026 -- treat that as unconfirmed/aggregator speculation, not a vendor date. When it lands, AI Pro subscribers will likely get 3.5 Pro as the in-tier flagship replacing 3.1 Ultra. Watch blog.google + ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog.Source: blog.google Gemini 3.5 announcement post (2026-05-19); ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog (no 3.5 Pro entry through 2026-06-30) · 2026-05-19
  • I/O 2026 SHIP (2026-05-19): MANAGED AGENTS IN THE GEMINI API now in public preview, including the general-purpose ANTIGRAVITY AGENT (model id: antigravity-preview-05-2026). New paradigm: stateful autonomous agents executing in Google-hosted sandbox environments via the Gemini API. Differentiates the Gemini API from a stateless completion endpoint -- competes structurally with OpenAI Responses API + Anthropic Managed Agents (Dreaming/Outcomes/Multiagent Orchestration shipped 2026-05-06).Source: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog (2026-05-19 entries) · 2026-05-19
  • I/O 2026 UPCOMING (2026-05-19): GEMINI SPARK announced -- Google's 24/7 proactive agent that 'takes action on your behalf' and runs in the background 'even if your phone and laptop are turned off'. Rolling out post-I/O to Google AI Ultra subscribers (18+, US-only at launch) plus 'select business users'. Powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash + Antigravity stack. Integrates Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, YouTube, Maps. Capabilities: task tracking, scheduled automation, custom reusable skills, file/workspace org, email categorization. Operates under user direction with approval gates for sensitive actions -- not continuous monitoring by default. Direct competitor to Anthropic Orbit (Code with Claude 5/6 announcement) and Microsoft Copilot Cowork.Source: gemini.google/overview/agent/spark/ (vendor-primary), blog.google Sundar Pichai I/O 2026 keynote post · 2026-05-19
  • GEMINI 3.1 FLASH-LITE GA (2026-05-07): Generally available on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Fastest + most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model. **2.5x faster Time-to-First-Answer-Token vs Gemini 2.5 Flash; +45% output speed**. Pricing per third-party reference: $0.25/M input, $1.50/M output (vendor blog itself omits direct pricing -- check ai.google.dev/pricing for canonical). Customer signals at GA: Gladly reports ~60% lower cost vs thinking-tier models; OffDeal cites sub-second p95 for classifiers.Source: Google Cloud blog (cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-is-now-generally-available), blog.google · 2026-05-07
  • SUPERSEDED 2026-11-05 -- the 10/16 date below did not execute; see the 2026-11-02 routing entry above (2.5 Pro to 3.8 Flash and 2.5 Flash to 3.5 Flash-Lite from 2026-12-01). Gemini 2.5 family retirement dates EXTENDED (ai.google.dev deprecations page, checked 2026-04-24): Gemini 2.5 Pro, 2.5 Flash, AND 2.5 Flash-Lite now all retire 2026-10-16 (pushed out from original 2026-06-17 / 2026-07-22 dates). Gives ~6 more months to migrate to gemini-3.1-pro + gemini-3-flash. Production code still calling 2.5 model names continues to work through Oct 16, but do not ship new code on retiring endpointsSource: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations (verified 2026-04-24) · 2026-04-24
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS launched 2026-04-15 as a preview on Gemini API, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google Vids. 70+ languages, audio tags for vocal style/pace/delivery embedded in the text prompt, Elo 1,211 on Artificial Analysis TTS leaderboard. Positions Google as a direct competitor to ElevenLabs v3 on the TTS stackSource: blog.google Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, MarkTechPost · 2026-04
  • Image generation of people was temporarily disabled after generating historically inaccurate results, partially restored but still limitedSource: The Verge, Google Blog · 2026-01
  • Gemini Pro model access removed from free API tier on April 1, 2026 -- mandatory spend caps and prepaid billing now required for new accountsSource: Google AI for Developers, FindSkill.ai · 2026-04
  • Google AI Ultra at $249.99/mo is hard to justify against Claude Max ($200) and ChatGPT Pro ($200) unless you specifically need Lyria 3 ProSource: Reddit r/Bard · 2026-04

Best for

Google Workspace power users. If you live in Gmail, Docs, and Drive, Gemini Advanced integrates directly into your workflow. Also great for developers who need the cheapest API with the longest context window.

Not for

Anyone who needs the best raw output quality. Claude and GPT-4 both write better. Also not for anyone spooked by Google's history of abandoning products.

Our Verdict

Gemini's strength is the ecosystem play. The 1M context window is genuinely useful for long documents, and the Google Workspace integration is something neither OpenAI nor Anthropic can match. But purely as an LLM, the output quality is a step behind Claude and GPT-4. Pick Gemini if you're deep in Google's ecosystem. Otherwise, the other two are better standalone.

Sources

  • Gemini API changelog: 2.5 Pro / 2.5 Flash routing from 2026-12-01 (Nov 2), voice remixing (Nov 4), Omni 1.2 Flash GA (Nov 5) (accessed 2026-11-05)
  • Google: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (2026-11-05) (accessed 2026-11-05)
  • Google: Edit and preview documents directly in Gemini (2026-10-29) (accessed 2026-11-02)
  • Gemini API changelog: Oct 30, 2026 Computer Use GA (Interactions + GenerateContent APIs) (accessed 2026-11-02)
  • Google: Edit and preview documents directly in Gemini (2026-10-29) (accessed 2026-10-29)
  • Google: We're announcing Genie 4, trusted testers and Ultra in Project Genie (2026-10-27) (accessed 2026-10-29)
  • Google: Gemini 4 Carbon: our next frontier model (2026-10-28): limited Fairwind access for cyber defenders, Argon intro price, vendor benchmarks (accessed 2026-10-29)
  • Gemini API changelog: Oct 26, 2026 store=true default for new paid projects; Oct 27, 2026 Gemini API CLI beta; no Carbon entry (accessed 2026-10-29)
  • Gemini API deprecations table (last updated 2026-10-22): deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 shutdown 2026-10-23 (accessed 2026-10-29)
  • Google: Gemini 4 Argon is now available for everyone (2026-10-13) -- GA in API, Gemini app (Pro/Ultra), AI Mode, Antigravity; intro price ends Nov 30 (accessed 2026-10-15)
  • Google: Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely (2026-10-13) (accessed 2026-10-15)
  • Gemini API pricing -- Gemini 4 Argon $2/$10 through 2026-11-30, $4/$20 from 2026-12-01, no free tier (fetched 2026-10-15) (accessed 2026-10-15)
  • Gemini API changelog -- October 13, 2026: gemini-4-argon GA (accessed 2026-10-15)
  • Gemini API changelog -- Oct 8, 2026 deprecations (3.7 Flash, 3.5 Flash, Deep Research pro preview); Oct 6 Nano Banana 2.1 (accessed 2026-10-12)
  • Gemini API deprecations table (accessed 2026-10-12)
  • Google: Google expands SynthID Detector for AI content (2026-10-07) (accessed 2026-10-12)
  • Google: Google Cloud launches Gemini agent (2026-10-08) (accessed 2026-10-12)
  • Google: Introducing Gemini 4 Argon (2026-09-30) -- Fairwind-gated announcement, $2/$10 intro price, DeepSWE 77.9%, AutomationBench 51.3%, LVBench 91.7%, CWE-bench 68% (accessed 2026-10-15)
  • Google: Let skills in Gemini tackle your most repetitive tasks (2026-09-30) -- skills replace Gems; Gems removed Nov 2026 / Mar 2027 / Jun 2027; Opal turns down (accessed 2026-10-02)
  • Google: Guided Vision in Gemini Live: built for accessibility (2026-10-01) -- Android 9+ where Gemini Live is supported (accessed 2026-10-02)
  • Google: Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello (2026-09-23) -- Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS, voice design, 30-second replication, Hume benchmarks, availability (accessed 2026-09-28)
  • Google: Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar (2026-09-24) -- Gemini Enterprise, 97 languages, custom avatars by allowlist (accessed 2026-09-28)
  • Google: Anyone can make stunning HD videos with Gemini Omni in Google Vids (2026-09-23) -- Omni 1.1 Flash free, 1080p, scene extension, SynthID (accessed 2026-09-28)
  • Google: A new wave of Connected Apps is rolling out to Gemini (2026-09-23) (accessed 2026-09-28)
  • Google AI for Developers: Gemini Developer API pricing -- 3.8 Flash TTS $0.50/$9.00 and 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS $0.50/$6.00 per 1M through 2026-12-31 (fetched 2026-09-28 via Firecrawl) (accessed 2026-09-28)
  • Google: Googlebook is here and ready for pre-order (2026-09-21) -- $899, 12 months Google AI Pro, ships Oct 4 US (accessed 2026-09-21)
  • Google: Googlebook and on-device Gemini introduce a new way to work (2026-09-21) -- Magic Pointer, Rambler, Gemini Spark (accessed 2026-09-21)
  • Google: Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (2026-09-15, updated 2026-09-17) (accessed 2026-09-17)
  • Google Developers: Build real-time voice applications with Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.5 Transcribe -- $0.005/min in, $0.018/min out, 1,000-term custom vocabulary (2026-09-15) (accessed 2026-09-17)
  • Google: Gemini API pricing -- Gemini 3.8 Live / Extended Thinking / 3.1 Flash Live Preview shared row; Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and Transcribe Live rows (verified 2026-09-17) (accessed 2026-09-17)
  • Google Labs: The new CC, an AI agent built for families -- lineage of the Gemini app Daily Brief (2026-09-17) (accessed 2026-09-17)
  • Google: The Gemini app is now available for Windows -- Alt+Space, Spark, Google-app connectors (2026-09-10) (accessed 2026-09-14)
  • Google: Gemini for desktop download page -- Windows + macOS, Alt/Option+Space, Gemini Spark, Gmail/Drive/Docs/Calendar connectors (accessed 2026-09-14)
  • Google: Tackle your to-do list with new features in our Google AI plans -- Voice, Google Pics, Sheets canvas, Spark + Chrome/Photos, tier gating (2026-09-09) (accessed 2026-09-14)
  • Google: Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber (2026-09-02) -- $0.75/$3.75 intro, expires 2026-12-31 then $1.50/$7.50; Fairwind Program for Cyber (accessed 2026-09-05)
  • GitHub Changelog: Gemini 3.8 Flash now available in GitHub Copilot, introductory provider pricing through 2026-12-31 (2026-09-03) (accessed 2026-09-05)
  • Google: Intelligent transcription with Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (2026-08-26) (accessed 2026-08-28)
  • Google: Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (2026-08-27) (accessed 2026-08-28)
  • Google: Start the semester with one year of Gemini, on us -- 12 months free AI Pro (US) / AI Plus (intl) (2026-08-19) (accessed 2026-08-20)
  • Google One: AI plans -- student offer terms, SheerID verification, up to 4 years, auto-renews at standard price (accessed 2026-08-20)
  • Google: Gemini in Chrome on Android, all US users; auto browse for AI Pro/Ultra (2026-08-18) (accessed 2026-08-20)
  • Google Blog: Introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash (2026-08-13) (accessed 2026-08-13)
  • GitHub changelog: Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot (2026-08-13) -- all paid SKUs, admins must enable the Preview policy (accessed 2026-08-17)
  • Gemini API pricing (3.7 Flash intro $0.75/$3.75 through 2026-12-31, then $1.50/$7.50) (accessed 2026-08-13)
  • Google Blog: Gemini 3.6 Flash + 3.5 Flash-Lite + 3.5 Flash Cyber (2026-07-21) (accessed 2026-07-22)
  • TechCrunch: Google releases three new Gemini models but no 3.5 Pro (2026-07-21) (accessed 2026-07-22)
  • 9to5Google: Gemini 3.5 Pro delays (Bloomberg-sourced, 2026-07-16) (accessed 2026-07-18)
  • Google Blog: Gemini Omni Flash + Nano Banana 2 Lite (2026-06-30) (accessed 2026-07-04)
  • Google Blog: Computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash (2026-06-24) (accessed 2026-07-04)
  • Google Blog: Gemini Spark updates June 2026 (macOS beta) (accessed 2026-07-05)
  • Google Developers Blog: Transitioning Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI (shutdown took effect 2026-06-18) (accessed 2026-06-18)
  • Gemini API changelog: Veo 2.0/3.0 (6/30), Nano Banana preview (6/25), Imagen 4.0 (8/17) shutdowns (accessed 2026-06-18)
  • Google Blog: Gemini 3.5 frontier intelligence with action (2026-05-19) (accessed 2026-05-20)
  • Gemini API Changelog: 3.5 Flash GA + Managed Agents + Antigravity preview (2026-05-19) (accessed 2026-05-20)
  • Gemini Spark product page (vendor-primary) (accessed 2026-05-20)
  • Google AI for Developers: deprecations (accessed 2026-04-21)
  • Google Blog: Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (accessed 2026-04-21)
  • LMSYS Chatbot Arena rankings (accessed 2026-04-13)
  • Reddit r/Bard (accessed 2026-04-13)

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**Plans changed around Oct 30: Max 20x is now called Ultra ($200, 10x Pro usage a week with no five-hour limit for verified accounts, $200 of monthly API credits), and the $100 Max plan now includes Fable up to half its weekly limit plus $100 of API credits. Nov 5: Personal Finance entered beta in the US on Pro, Max and Ultra -- read-only bank and card connections through Plaid.** **Nov 2: message threads entered public beta on the Claude Platform, Claude Platform on AWS, Microsoft Foundry and Google Cloud, so agents send only the new turn and the previous response ID instead of the whole history, cutting median time to first token by about 35% on 500K-1M-token requests at standard token rates. Nov 4: Claude Marketplace passed 25 partner agents and products that eligible enterprises can buy against committed Anthropic spend.** **Claude Duet opened as a research preview on 2026-10-21: a proactive agent app on iOS, Android and claude.ai, built around Claude Opus 5.5, that sends a morning brief from your connected apps, keeps working on a cloud computer while you are away and asks before it sends, pays or deletes anything. It is included in Pro and Max in the US with a waitlist, on the same usage limits as the rest of Claude.** **Oct 23: chat and Cowork became one Claude for Enterprise (GA). Oct 22: the full Claude Platform went GA on Google Cloud as an Anthropic-managed offering billed through Google Cloud. Oct 26: Anthropic filed an S-1 for an IPO on Nasdaq under ANT.** **Claude Haiku 5.5 shipped on 2026-10-07 at $0.10 / $0.50 per 1M tokens for prompts up to 100K ($0.50 / $2.50 above) -- 90% below Haiku 4.5 on most requests -- with adjustable effort for the first time on a Haiku, and the same day Anthropic halved Sonnet 5.5 cache reads to $0.10 and added monthly API credits for Max ($100 or $200) and Team (up to $500 pooled).** **Anthropic expanded the Cyber Verification Program on 2026-10-06 into three access tiers (Defense, Red Team, Specialized) that unlock reduced cyber safeguards on Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Mythos 5.1 and future models for verified security teams -- closing the 'coming weeks' note Opus 5.5 shipped with; generally available Claude keeps its conservative cyber blocks.** **Two Claude 5.5 models in six days: Claude Opus 5.5 (2026-09-22) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (2026-09-28).** Opus 5.5 performs at Fable 5.1 level on most work and costs 40% less than Opus 5 to run -- $4/$20 per 1M (down from $5/$25) with cache reads cut to $0.20 (from $0.50), fast mode at $8/$40 up to 2.5x speed, output 30%+ faster, and five-hour usage limits raised on Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise with a saveable rate-limit reset. Sonnet 5.5 keeps Sonnet 5's $2/$10 but needs far fewer tokens (up to 30% cheaper per task), runs 30%+ faster and jumps Terminal-Bench 4.0 from 10.3% to 70.6%. Both are 1M context, Jun 2026 cutoff, on the Claude Platform, Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry; Haiku 5.5 followed on 2026-10-07. Opus 5.5 launches with Fable-class cyber and bio safeguards (most cyber tasks fall back to Opus 4.8) and cannot run with thinking off.

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Claude Mythos 5.1

**From 2026-10-06 Mythos 5.1 is included in every tier of Anthropic's expanded Cyber Verification Program, and existing Project Glasswing members move into its Specialized Access tier without reapproval -- with the first disclosed Glasswing numbers: at least 129,000 verified vulnerabilities found April-July 2026, more than 33,000 rated critical or high.** Anthropic's trusted-access frontier model. **Mythos 5.1 launched 2026-09-01** alongside Fable 5.1, and Anthropic now states outright that they are **the same model with different safeguards** -- the 5.1-cycle gap is 60.9% vs 55.8% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, which Anthropic attributes to safeguard interventions rather than capability and expects to shrink. Originally launched June 9, 2026 alongside Claude Fable 5. Suspended June 12 by a US export-control order, then PARTIALLY RESTORED July 1, 2026 (US government lifted controls June 30): Mythos 5 is back for a set of US organizations with government approval, while Anthropic works to re-expand the broader Glasswing program. Public Fable 5 returned globally the same day. Gated to Project Glasswing orgs + select biology researchers.

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Muse Spark + Muse Wonder (Meta)

**Nov 5: the Muse app gained real-time voice conversations and expressive avatars (US first, on mobile, web and Mac, with hundreds of voices); voice is coming to Meta's AI Glasses and Muse Charm.** Meta Superintelligence Labs' model family, now four lines deep: **Muse Wonder** (2026-10-12, frontier, $4/$20 per 1M on the Meta Model API; Wonder Full only in Muse Code subscriptions), **Muse Spark 1.3** (2026-09-02, $1.25/$4.25, or $0.10/$0.20 in Contributor mode if Meta may train on your content), **Muse Spark Open** (2026-10-15, 816B/42B-active open weights, 1M context, runs on two Mac Studios with M5 Ultra) and **Muse Glimmer** (2026-08-10, 30B, Apache 2.0, built for local agents). Consumers get it through **Muse**, Meta's personal-agent app (2026-09-08): free with limits, Power $20/mo, Maximum $100/mo

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GPT-Rosalind (OpenAI)

**Since 2026-10-15 US university labs can apply for the Rosalind Academic Plan: up to 30 ChatGPT Business Standard seats free for up to 12 months, with GPT-Rosalind and Rosalind Workbench behind trusted-access approval.** OpenAI's first domain-specific model -- life sciences, drug discovery, translational medicine. Launched 2026-04-16 as a Trusted Access research preview. Launch partners: Amgen, Moderna, Allen Institute, Thermo Fisher. Paired with a Life Sciences Codex plugin (50+ scientific tool integrations)

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