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The broadest distribution: Search, Android, Chrome and Workspace. Gemini 4 Argon (30 Sep) is the new flagship generation; the Gemini app has 1B+ monthly users.

What it offers

Gemini 4 Argon

New flagship generation: gated launch to cyber defenders 30 Sep, broadly available 13 Oct via API, AI Pro and Antigravity. Rated level with GPT-6 Astra.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Fast tier (2 Sep). 1M-token context.

Gemini 3.1 Pro · Deep Think

Previous reasoning tier; the long-delayed 3.5 Pro is now overtaken by Gemini 4.

Nano Banana 2 / Pro · Veo 3.1 · Omni

Image generation and editing; video with synchronized audio; any-input to video.

Genie 3 · Gemma 4

World model (Project Genie, Ultra plan). Gemma 4 is the open-weight family (Apache 2.0).

Gemini app

Canvas, Deep Research, Live and Daily Brief; Windows and macOS apps. Gems retire 17 Nov and move to paid Skills.

Gemini Notebook

Formerly NotebookLM (renamed 16 Jul). Research over your own sources, with audio and video overviews.

AI Mode in Search

AI answers are the default in Search worldwide, with 1B+ monthly users.

Gemini Agent

Multi-step tasks inside the app. Absorbed Project Mariner, which shut down in May.

Task mode (formerly Gemini Spark)

24/7 agent on its own cloud computer across Gmail, Drive and Calendar. Folded into the Gemini app as a Chat/Task toggle in October.

Gemini in Chrome

Side panel with an “auto browse” agent.

Antigravity

Agent-first IDE, CLI, SDK and managed agents; built into the Gemini macOS app. Now Google's only coding product: Gemini Code Assist sales ended 9 Oct.

Jules

Async coding agent: give it a GitHub task and it returns a pull request.

AI Studio · Opal · Stitch · Flow

Vibe-coding in AI Studio's Build mode; Opal no-code mini-apps; Stitch UI design agent; Flow creative studio.

Gemini Enterprise · Agent Platform

Formerly Vertex AI. Business agent platform that also hosts third-party models, including Claude and Grok. Gemini in Workspace.

ADK · A2A

Agent Development Kit 2.0. Created the A2A agent-to-agent protocol, now at the Linux Foundation.

Recent news

• 13 Oct 2026Gemini 4 Argon rolls out via API, AI Pro and AntigravityBroad availability of Google's new frontier model, two weeks after a gated launch.AI Weekly ↗
• 9 Oct 2026Google stops selling Gemini Code Assist and points buyers to AntigravityAntigravity becomes Google's single coding product.AI Weekly ↗
• 30 Sep 2026Gemini 4 Argon launches, first to cyber defendersA new flagship generation, rated level with GPT-6 Astra by Artificial Analysis; $2/$10 introductory pricing.Google Blog ↗
• 27 Sep 2026Gemini Gems retire Nov 17 and move to paid SkillsCustom assistants consolidate into a paid tier, mirroring OpenAI's Custom GPT retirement.AI Weekly ↗
• 13 Aug 2026Gemini 3.5 Pro delay continues after missed launch targetsAnnounced at I/O but still unshipped after missing June, July and August dates. The flagship gap versus rivals is wideningForbes ↗
• 12 Aug 2026Koray Kavukcuoglu takes charge of Google DeepMindA leadership change aimed at keeping Gemini competitive with OpenAI and Anthropic at the frontierCNBC ↗
• 11 Aug 2026Gemini app passes 1 billion monthly usersGoogle's fastest-growing product ever and its 14th to cross a billion users, a major consumer distribution winTechCrunch ↗
• Aug 2026Google ships Gemini 3.7 Flash three weeks after 3.6 FlashFast Flash releases at half the price keep Google competitive on cost for coding and agent workloadsGoogle Blog ↗
• 30 Jul 2026DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for humanoid robotsExtends Gemini into embodied AI with real-time video reasoning and multi-robot collaborationBloomberg ↗
• 21 Jul 2026Google releases three new Gemini models but still no 3.5 ProSteady releases in the mid and low tiers, while the flagship Pro model stays delayedTechCrunch ↗
• May 2026I/O 2026 brings cheaper Gemini 3.5 Flash and an Ultra price cutPrice pressure to win enterprise customers, plus an $80-90M licensing deal to hire Contextual AI researchersGotrade ↗