Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a lower-cost model for coding and agentic work
Google released Gemini 4 Hydrogen on Nov 12, 2026, a fast, cheaper model positioned below its Gemini 4 Carbon and Argon frontier models. It is available in the Gemini app and Search, with API pricing at $1.50 per million input tokens.
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- 2026-11-12 22:54 · DEV Community — AI
I Gave Gemini 4 Carbon, Claude Fable 5.2, Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol the Same Prompt. The AI Judges and I Disagreed. - 2026-11-12 22:50 · SiliconANGLE AI
Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a lower-cost model said to outscore Argon - 2026-11-12 22:41 · DEV Community — AI
Google ships Gemini 4 Hydrogen at $1.50 per million input tokens - 2026-11-12 22:40 · TestingCatalog AI News
Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen for Pro and Ultra users - 2026-11-12 22:30 · VentureBeat AI
Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen — a faster, smarter, pricier Flash successor - 2026-11-12 20:35 · DEV Community — AI
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen: the Fast Daily Driver for Agentic Work - 2026-11-12 20:19 · The Next Web
Google’s Gemini 4 Hydrogen brings a fast, cheaper model to everyone - 2026-11-12 20:15 · DEV Community — AI
Google Expands Gemini Across Sheets, Search and Developer Tools With Staggered Rollouts - 2026-11-12 19:58 · The Decoder
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen outscores the bigger Argon just four weeks after its launch - 2026-11-12 19:30 · DEV Community — AI
gemini 4 hydrogen: What Automation Builders Should Know About Google's Fast New Model - 2026-11-12 19:15 · TheAIGRID
Anthropic Just Got a BIG Problem… Gemini 4 Carbon Is Here - 2026-11-12 18:55 · Techmeme
Google says Gemini 4 Hydrogen is available across AI Studio, the Gemini API, Search, paid AI Pro and Ultra tiers in Antigravity, and more - 2026-11-12 18:52 · Hacker News Front Page
Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator - 2026-11-12 18:40 · Techmeme
Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, calling it a major upgrade over Gemini 3.8 Flash, at $1.50/1M input and $7.50/1M output tokens across its 1M context window - 2026-11-12 18:37 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is officially out — 2.5x faster than 3.8 Flash and beats Argon on intelligence while costing less - 2026-11-12 18:28 · Unite.AI
Google Launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen for Everyday Agentic Workflows - 2026-11-12 18:14 · r/singularity
Gemini 4 Hydrogen AA Score - 2026-11-12 18:06 · Google AI Blog
Gemini 4 Hydrogen: everyday coding and agentic workflows for developers - 2026-11-12 18:05 · Google DeepMind Blog
Introducing Gemini 4 Hydrogen for Agentic Workflows - 2026-11-12 18:04 · r/singularity
Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen, its new fast model, at $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens. Compared to 3.8 Flash, it finishes tasks 2.5x faster. 4 thinking levels - 2026-11-12 18:04 · r/singularity
Introducing Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 18:04 · Google AI Blog
Introducing Gemini 4 Hydrogen for Agentic Workflows - 2026-11-12 18:03 · Google AI Blog
Google Search gets a major upgrade with Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 18:03 · AlphaSignal
Google Releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen to Run Agent Tasks 19% Faster - 2026-11-12 18:01 · Hacker News Front Page
Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 18:01 · r/GeminiAI
Introducing Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 18:00 · Google DeepMind Blog
Introducing Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 18:00 · Google: The Keyword
Gemini 4 Hydrogen: everyday coding and agentic workflows for developers - 2026-11-12 18:00 · Google: The Keyword
Google Search gets a major upgrade with Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 17:50 · r/GeminiAI
Free Gemini 4 Hydrogen - 2026-11-12 17:13 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Hydrogen just released! - 2026-11-12 15:16 · r/artificial
Google's Gemini Decision 1 returns zero text: it scores up to 1,000 yes/no or choice questions per call at $0.10/M input - 2026-11-12 14:38 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
Google's Gemini Decision 1 Answers 1,000 Questions in One API Call - 2026-11-12 13:42 · r/GeminiAI
How strong will be gemini 4 hydrogen? And will it release today? - 2026-11-12 10:53 · InfoWorld AI
Google’s Gemini Decisions API to handle up to 1,000 questions per request - 2026-11-12 09:21 · DEV Community — AI
Gemini Decision 1: Three Typed Checks in One API Request - 2026-11-12 09:09 · DEV Community — AI
Gemini 4 Carbon Is #1. Here Is the Test I Would Run Before Changing My Codex Route - 2026-11-12 06:16 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon is now open on the API, and Google says Argon is still the better pick for most coding - 2026-11-12 06:15 · Tom's Guide AI
Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon can do 5 things your current AI chatbot can’t — here’s how to try them - 2026-11-12 05:15 · DEV Community — AI
Google launches Decisions API for fast routing and scoring - 2026-11-12 02:24 · DEV Community — AI
Google Launches Gemini Decision 1, Its First Decision-Focused Model - 2026-11-12 01:22 · SiliconANGLE AI
Google enters decision model market with Gemini Decisions API - 2026-11-12 01:00 · DEV Community — AI
Fast multimodal control flow with the Gemini Decisions API - 2026-11-12 00:00 · Vercel Blog
Gemini 4 Hydrogen now available on AI Gateway - 2026-11-11 23:22 · r/GeminiAI
Google introduces their first decision model: Gemini Decision 1 - 2026-11-11 23:03 · VentureBeat AI
Google’s Gemini Decision 1 model scores up to 1,000 questions in one API call - 2026-11-11 22:27 · DEV Community — AI
gemini decisions api: How Small Teams Can Use It to Sort Leads and Tickets - 2026-11-11 22:03 · Simon Willison's Weblog
Gemini Decisions API - 2026-11-11 21:21 · MarkTechPost
Google Launches Gemini Decisions API With Gemini Decision 1 at $0.10/M Tokens - 2026-11-11 20:12 · The Decoder
Google joins the decision-model wave with Gemini Decision 1, scoring 1,000 questions in a single pass - 2026-11-11 20:01 · DEV Community — AI
Google introduces Gemini Decisions API that scores 1,000 closed-set choices in a single pass - 2026-11-11 19:53 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
Claude Fable 5.2, Gemini 4 Carbon, and Native GIF Generation in Images 2.6 - 2026-11-11 19:05 · Techmeme
Google launches Gemini Decisions API, powered by its new Gemini Decision 1 model, to return predefined answers with confidence scores, at $0.10/1M input tokens (Google) - 2026-11-11 18:30 · Unite.AI
Google Launches Gemini Decisions API for Multimodal AI Workflows - 2026-11-11 18:24 · r/singularity
Google Launches Gemini Decision-1 Model for Fast Structured Outputs - 2026-11-11 18:00 · Google: The Keyword
Gemini Decisions API: Fast, calibrated multimodal decisions - 2026-11-11 17:49 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon now available to users on Pro plan in AI mode... - 2026-11-11 16:52 · DEV Community — AI
Gemini 4 Carbon Is Open to Developers, and the Cheap Price Ends November 30 - 2026-11-11 16:12 · DEV Community — AI
Gemini 4 Carbon vs Fable 5.2: Which One for Agentic Coding? - 2026-11-11 16:11 · DEV Community — AI
Gemini 4 Carbon vs Argon: Same Price, When Is Carbon Worth It? - 2026-11-11 14:03 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon already expanded to Pro Plan users on AI Mode/Search, but not in the other environments (such as Gemini App, Antigravity, AI Studio) just saw this change a hour ago. - 2026-11-11 13:50 · r/GeminiAI
Is Gemini 4 Hydrogen releasing today? - 2026-11-11 06:44 · DEV Community — AI
n8n adds Google's Gemini 4 Carbon to its AI Agent nodes - 2026-11-11 00:00 · TLDR AI
Gemini 4 Carbon ⚡, Claude Sheets 📊, Antigravity Swarm 🤖 - 2026-11-11 00:00 · Vercel Blog
Gemini Decision 1 now available on AI Gateway - 2026-11-10 23:13 · Unite.AI
Google Cloud Opens Gemini for Healthcare Preview in the U.S. - 2026-11-10 22:51 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon - 2026-11-10 22:07 · CNET AI
Google Expands Gemini 4 Carbon Availability - 2026-11-10 21:05 · DEV Community — AI
Google opens Gemini 4 Carbon to paying API users - 2026-11-10 20:12 · r/GeminiAI
Carbon is not available on Pro? - 2026-11-10 19:34 · DEV Community — AI
Gemini 4 Carbon is here. And it's built for the hard problems. 🚀 - 2026-11-10 19:26 · GitHub Blog
Gemini 4 Carbon in GitHub Copilot - 2026-11-10 19:26 · GitHub Copilot changelog
Gemini 4 Carbon in GitHub Copilot - 2026-11-10 19:13 · Bloomberg AI
Google’s Gemini Targets Health Care’s Data Problem - 2026-11-10 19:09 · Google AI Blog
Gemini Intelligence: New features, on more devices - 2026-11-10 19:00 · Google: The Keyword
Gemini Intelligence: New features, on more devices - 2026-11-10 18:05 · DEV Community — AI
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon and previews Antigravity agent swarms - 2026-11-10 17:46 · The Next Web
Google Cloud launches Gemini for healthcare to take on hospital paperwork - 2026-11-10 17:37 · DEV Community — AI
Google Cloud opens Gemini for healthcare in preview - 2026-11-10 16:56 · The Next Web
Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon is now open to paying developers and Ultra users - 2026-11-10 16:42 · DEV Community — AI
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Is Now Generally Available — and It's a Quarter of Claude Fable 5.2's Price - 2026-11-10 16:35 · AlphaSignal
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Tops Cursor's Coding Benchmark at Half the Price - 2026-11-10 16:33 · Unite.AI
Google Expands Gemini 4 Carbon Access Beyond Cybersecurity Defenders - 2026-11-10 16:25 · Techmeme
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon to paid API and AI Ultra users two weeks after releasing it to cyber defenders, and previews a swarm feature in Antigravity - 2026-11-10 16:09 · r/singularity
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available - 2026-11-10 16:06 · AlphaSignal
Google Opens Gemini 4 Carbon to Developers After Security-Only Pilot - 2026-11-10 16:06 · VentureBeat AI
Google Gemini 4 Carbon is now publicly available — and it undercuts Claude Fable 5.2 and Opus 5.5 on API price - 2026-11-10 16:05 · Google AI Blog
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available for developers. - 2026-11-10 16:05 · Google AI Blog
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available - 2026-11-10 16:03 · Google DeepMind Blog
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available - 2026-11-10 16:00 · Engadget
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon is now widely available around the world - 2026-11-10 16:00 · The Verge AI
Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon with agent ‘swarm’ feature - 2026-11-10 16:00 · 9to5Google
Gemini 4 Carbon rolling out to Gemini app for AI Ultra, Argon remains - 2026-11-10 16:00 · Google: The Keyword
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available - 2026-11-10 16:00 · Google: The Keyword
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available for developers. - 2026-11-10 15:53 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon released - 2026-11-10 15:32 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon is live - 2026-11-10 15:31 · r/GeminiAI
gemini 4 cabron (carbon) is out - 2026-11-10 14:49 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon is here - 2026-11-10 14:00 · Forbes AI
Google Cloud Launches Gemini For Healthcare, Unveiling New Agentic Layer And Capabilities - 2026-11-10 14:00 · Forbes AI
Google Cloud Launches Gemini For Healthcare, Unveiling New Agentic Layer & Capabilities - 2026-11-10 13:30 · AI News
Google Cloud launches Gemini for Healthcare in preview - 2026-11-10 13:00 · Fortune AI
Google launches Gemini for Healthcare, and hospitals like Northwell hope it brings down your medical bill - 2026-11-10 13:00 · Google: The Keyword
Google Cloud launches Gemini for healthcare. - 2026-11-10 12:00 · Google Cloud AI Blog
Introducing Gemini for healthcare - 2026-11-10 09:01 · DEV Community — AI
claude fable 5.2: API Price, Claude Code Setup, and How It Differs from Mythos 5.2 - 2026-11-10 08:30 · DEV Community — AI
Claude Fable 5.2 API: Price & Cheapest Access (Nov 2026) - 2026-11-10 04:37 · r/GeminiAI
Gemini 4 Carbon vs Claude Fable 5.2 - 2026-11-10 00:00 · Bloomberg AI
Watch Google’s Gemini Targets Health Care’s Data Problem - 2026-11-10 00:00 · Vercel Blog
Gemini 4 Carbon now available on AI Gateway