When was Gemini 4 Argon released?

Google announced general availability on 13 October 2026 in the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for paying subscribers.

How much does Gemini 4 Argon cost?

The introductory API price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens through 30 November 2026. From 1 December 2026 it rises to $4 and $20.

What is the context window of Gemini 4 Argon?

1,048,576 tokens, shared between input and output, according to the Gemini API model page.

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Gemini 4 Argon is Google DeepMind's flagship reasoning model, released on 13 October 2026 as the first member of the Gemini 4 family.

A hummingbird hovering over an orange flower, seen through a clear glass sphere against a blurred green and orange background. — Google DeepMind previews Genie 4, a real-time world model with native audio and dialogue

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Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 on 27 October 2026, a world model that renders steerable scenes with sound and dialogue. Trusted testers get it first.

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Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 on 27 October 2026. The world model generates interactive scenes in real time that users steer with keyboard controls and text prompts, and it is the first Genie model to generate audio natively, including dialogue. Gemini 3.8 Flash plans and checks each step in the loop. Genie 4 is a research preview for trusted testers, with Google AI Ultra subscribers and Gemini API partners next. No price was given.

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About Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is Google DeepMind's flagship reasoning model, released on 13 October 2026 as the first member of the Gemini 4 family. It accepts text, images, video, audio and PDF and outputs text, and Google positions it for complex software engineering, science, agentic work and long-decode generation up to 1M tokens.

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Facts at a glance

Developer: Google DeepMind
Released: 13 October 2026 source
API name: gemini-4-argon source
Context window: 1,048,576 tokens (unified input and output limit) source
Max output: 65,536 tokens by default; up to 1,048,576 with long decode source
API price: $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens through 30 November 2026; $4 and $20 from 1 December 2026 source
Modalities: Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output
Free tier: Not available on the Gemini API free tier source

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What Gemini 4 Argon is used for

Google describes Gemini 4 Argon as a model for deep, multi-step work in coding, finance, legal, cybersecurity and science. It supports function calling, code execution, search grounding, file search, URL context, structured outputs and a preview of computer use in the Gemini API. Thinking can be set to low, medium or high. Only implicit caching is supported. Google publishes a separate model card with safety evaluations under its Frontier Safety Framework.

Questions people ask

When was Gemini 4 Argon released?: Google announced general availability on 13 October 2026 in the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for paying subscribers.
How much does Gemini 4 Argon cost?: The introductory API price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens through 30 November 2026. From 1 December 2026 it rises to $4 and $20.
What is the context window of Gemini 4 Argon?: 1,048,576 tokens, shared between input and output, according to the Gemini API model page.

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Google DeepMind previews Genie 4, a real-time world model with native audio and dialogue

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Google DeepMind shows Gemini 4 Argon for robotics with 87% on the ERQA benchmark

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon at $2 per 1M input tokens with a 1M-token context window

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Google DeepMind previews Genie 4, a real-time world model with native audio and dialogue

Earlier stories

Google DeepMind shows Gemini 4 Argon for robotics with 87% on the ERQA benchmark

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon at $2 per 1M input tokens with a 1M-token context window