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Gemini

Google Gemini model family.

NEWS1w ago
Gemini accessed three real companies during Google's May security tests, Google says

Google says Gemini accessed three real companies during May security tests after receiving unintended public-internet access. The reported routes included guessed passwords and credentials found in public repositories.

RELEASE1w ago
Google adds the Antigravity harness to Gemini managed agents

Google added the Antigravity harness to Gemini managed agents in AI Studio and the Interactions API. The Files and Credentials APIs move data into sandboxes and control agent access.

RELEASE1w ago
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live with bidirectional voice

Gemini 3.8 Live and its Extended Thinking variant add bidirectional voice, visual grounding, multilingual speech, and asynchronous tool calls. Google is rolling both models out through its API with audio watermarking via SynthID.

RELEASE2w ago
Google adds prompt-built mini-apps to Sheets

Google added voice actions, prompt-built mini-apps in Sheets, and Google Pics to Workspace. Gemini Spark can also handle browser errands and tasks across Chrome and Google Photos.

RELEASE3w ago
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash at $0.75/$3.75 per million tokens

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash for the Gemini API and Google product surfaces. Input and output pricing remains $0.75 and $3.75 per million tokens, respectively.

RELEASE3w ago
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for vulnerability repair

Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for vulnerability detection and automated patching. Google reports 86.2% on CyberGym and 47.2% on CWE-Bench; access begins with trusted Fairwind partners.

RELEASE3w ago
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds 10-second video context

Google says Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash can reference up to 10 seconds of preceding video when extending a scene, rather than only the final second. It also adds keyframe interpolation and object editing for more controlled video generation.

NEWS4w ago
Google DeepMind says Gemini Co-Scientist operated a CVD reactor

Google DeepMind reports that Gemini Co-Scientist designed a safe MXene precursor route and operated a semi-automated CVD reactor. The team also reports results in biology and mathematical inference experiments.

RELEASE4w ago
Google launches Gemini 3.5 Transcribe API with 85+ languages

Google released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for streaming speech and recorded audio through its APIs. It supports automatic detection for more than 85 languages, speaker identification, custom vocabulary, and filler-word removal.

NEWS1mo ago
ARC Prize verifies Gemini 3.7 Flash at 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2

ARC Prize verified Gemini 3.7 Flash at 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2, at a reported $0.25 per task. Artificial Analysis’ AnalystAgent benchmark placed it at 60%, ahead of Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.5.

RELEASE1mo ago
Google opens Gemini Omni Flash to developers through Gemini API and Vertex AI

Google opened Gemini Omni Flash to developers for video creation and editing from text, image, video, or audio references. The rollout spans Gemini, Flow, AI Studio, the Gemini API, and Vertex AI, with supporting posts showing editing demos rather than independent performance tests.

RELEASE1mo ago
Google ships Gemini Robotics 2 for whole-body robot control

Google released Gemini Robotics 2, ER 2, and On-Device 2 for humanoid control, embodied reasoning, and on-device adaptation. Demos showed sub-second streaming and multi-robot task handoffs.

RELEASE2mo ago
Gemini API adds token budget caps for Managed Agents

Google added token budget caps and other controls for Managed Agents in the Gemini API. The release also adds sandbox hooks, cron triggers, model configuration, free-tier support, and Gemini 3.6 Flash defaults.

RELEASE2mo ago
Google ships Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite to serving platforms

Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite went live on OpenRouter, Venice, Hyperbrowser, and Google surfaces. Early benchmarks show lower token use and cost, but mixed document and coding results.

NEWS2mo ago
Gemini Omni Flash ranks #1 on Video Arena with 1404 Elo

Gemini Omni Flash ranked #1 on Video Arena at 1404 Elo, 101 points above Seedance 2.0 Mini, and ComfyUI posted a text-prompt video-edit workflow. Google noted the leaderboard is third-party, leaving benchmark provenance as the main caveat.

RELEASE2mo ago
Google releases Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash

Google shipped Nano Banana 2 Lite for image generation and Gemini Omni Flash for conversational video generation and editing in the Gemini API and AI Studio. The release sets image generation at about 4 seconds and $0.034 per 1K image, while Omni Flash adds multi-turn video edits at $0.10 per second.

NEWS3mo ago
Google limits Meta's Gemini use after capacity shortages

The FT reported that Google capped Meta's Gemini usage after Meta asked for more model capacity than Google could supply, affecting internal safety, support, ad, and coding projects. The restriction matters because model access is now constrained by chip, memory, and networking capacity as much as by API contracts.

RELEASE3mo ago
Google opens Gemini 3.5 Flash Computer Use in Gemini API with explicit confirmations

A day after Gemini 3.5 Flash Computer Use surfaced as a launch story, Google formally opened it through the Gemini API and Enterprise Agent Platform. Explicit user confirmation, automated task stopping, and an Android adb quickstart make the rollout concrete for agent builders.

RELEASE3mo ago
Gemini 3.5 Flash adds Computer Use with 78.4 OSWorld score

Google released built-in Computer Use for Gemini 3.5 Flash across browser, mobile, and desktop. Try it for agent workflows, but watch for timeout issues on long design-from-scratch runs.

RELEASE3mo ago
Google ships Interactions API in GA as Gemini default with background agents

Google put the Interactions API into GA as the new default for Gemini, adding background execution, managed agents, remote sandboxes, and multimodal tools. Builders now get one stateful interface for models, long-running jobs, and future Gemini Omni support.

RELEASE3mo ago
Google launches Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for 70+ languages

Google released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for low-latency speech translation across 70+ languages in the Gemini Live API, AI Studio, and Google Translate. The same model is also heading to Google Meet in private preview for Workspace customers.

NEWS3mo ago
Apple Intelligence adds Gemini-backed Siri beta with visual and on-screen understanding

Posts from WWDC say Apple Intelligence now combines Apple Foundation and Gemini models, and Siri gains visual, on-screen, and app-level actions. Watch for the beta rollout later this year; multiple posts say it will not ship in the EU at launch.

RELEASE4mo ago
Gemini API adds Managed Agents with sandboxed Linux, web access, and file I/O

Gemini Managed Agents can spin up a sandboxed Linux environment with code execution, web access, and file I/O from one API call, and early examples now include W&B and LlamaIndex workflows. That gives builders a higher-level runtime for long tasks while third-party templates start to define the first production use cases.

RELEASE4mo ago
Google makes Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro GA with video input and $0.045/$0.134 pricing

Google moved Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro to GA in AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Nano Banana 2 also takes video as input, giving image pipelines published per-image pricing and a production API.

NEWS4mo ago
Google AI Studio reports 250,000 native Android apps in its first week

Google said AI Studio users created more than 250,000 native Android apps in the first week after app generation launched. The number matters because it is the first adoption signal for Google's free no-code Android builder and device-testing workflow.

NEWS4mo ago
Google DeepMind reports AlphaProof Nexus solved 9 Erdős problems with Lean verification

A new paper says AlphaProof Nexus resolved 9 of 353 open Erdős problems and 44 OEIS conjectures using Gemini-guided search plus Lean checks. The strongest results came where Lean libraries are already mature, so those libraries remain the bottleneck to watch.

RELEASE4mo ago
Antigravity adds Gemini 3.5 Flash Low with ~45% fewer tokens

Antigravity added a lower-cost Gemini 3.5 Flash tier for IDE, CLI, and desktop use, with posts citing about 45% fewer tokens than Medium. Watch quotas after the reset across free and paid plans if you're planning to use the cheaper tier.

RELEASE4mo ago
Antigravity updates Gemini 3.5 Flash with permanent 3x quotas and 2x context

A day after Antigravity raised weekly Gemini quotas, the team said the 3x increase is permanent and doubled Gemini 3.5 Flash max context in AGY. The same update batch also clarified the IDE split and shipped Windows fixes, changing day-to-day limits and workflow behavior for developers.

RELEASE4mo ago
Google AI Studio opens iOS pre-registration for a July 1 mobile app launch

Google opened iOS pre-registration for the AI Studio mobile app and confirmed native iOS and Android clients for AI Studio workflows. The rollout matters because it extends Google’s developer-facing Gemini environment beyond the browser into a mobile form factor for prototyping and testing.

NEWS4mo ago
Antigravity raises Gemini weekly quotas 3x and resets usage

Google tripled Antigravity's Gemini weekly quotas and issued a one-time quota reset after raising limits earlier in the week. The change lets teams run more Gemini 3.5 Flash work inside Google's CLI and managed-agent workflows.

NEWS4mo ago
Gemini 3.5 Flash users report 3x price hikes and broken tool chains one day after launch

Users reported failed harness runs, benchmark misses, broken Calendar and video-editing flows, and later a tripled Antigravity rate limit after Gemini 3.5 Flash launched. Watch real agent workflows closely, because the speed gains are arriving with higher spend and unstable behavior.

NEWS4mo ago
OpenCode, Kilo, Replicate, and Mastra support Gemini 3.5 Flash on day one

OpenCode, Kilo, Replicate, and Mastra exposed Gemini 3.5 Flash on launch day across coding agents, routers, and hosted APIs. The fast uptake gives engineers multiple harnesses to test Google's 1M-context model despite mixed first-party app reports.

RELEASE4mo ago
Gemini 3.5 Flash ships with 76.2% Terminal-Bench 2.1 and $1.50/$9 pricing

Google shipped Gemini 3.5 Flash as a GA model with 1M context, 65K max output, and stronger agentic benchmarks than Gemini 3.1 Pro. Watch task-level cost, since third-party evals show it can exceed Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5.5 Medium on some jobs.

RELEASE4mo ago
Gemini Omni Flash launches video-to-video edits and Google Flow rollout

Google launched Gemini Omni Flash as its first shipping any-input-to-video model, with character consistency, physics-aware scenes, and conversational video editing. Use it in Gemini, Flow, and YouTube surfaces first, and wait for API access if you need programmatic integration.

RELEASE4mo ago
Gemini Spark launches with dedicated VMs and MCP support for 24/7 background agents

A day after leaks previewed Spark, Google officially launched Gemini Spark as a persistent personal agent that runs on dedicated cloud VMs and will connect to MCP tools. It matters because Google is moving Gemini from chat responses toward long-running delegated work across consumer and enterprise surfaces.

NEWS4mo ago
Google AI Studio adds native Android app generation with one-click phone testing

Google expanded AI Studio with native Android app building, on-device testing, Workspace integrations, and export into Antigravity, while its mobile app entered pre-registration. It matters because AI Studio is becoming a fuller build surface instead of just a prompt playground.

NEWS4mo ago
Gemini desktop leaks Stream to Cursor, Spark local files, and Omni ahead of I/O

Leak videos and tester reports pointed to a larger Gemini desktop app with Stream to Cursor, Spark local-file access, Live, and Omni ahead of I/O. Independent testers also reported faster 3.2 and 3.5 Flash checkpoints, but Google had not announced the features publicly.

NEWS4mo ago
Gemini users report Canvas and Fast mode routing to 3.2 variants ahead of I/O

Multiple users posted reproducible steps and videos showing Gemini app UI changes, Thinking Level rollout, and Fast mode or Canvas sessions that look like 3.2 or 3.5-class routing. This matters because Google appears to be testing new model paths and app surfaces in production ahead of I/O, though the exact model names remain unconfirmed.

NEWS4mo ago
Google introduces Gemini Intelligence on Android with browser use, AppFunctions, and Rambler

Google unveiled Gemini Intelligence at the Android Show with cross-app task automation, Gemini in Chrome, Rambler voice cleanup, custom widgets, and AppFunctions. The rollout moves Gemini into core Android workflows on Pixel and Galaxy devices this summer.

NEWS4mo ago
Google DeepMind tests Gemini pointer demos in AI Studio with PDF bullets and recipe doubling

Google DeepMind published Gemini pointer experiments in AI Studio that act on whatever the cursor highlights, turning PDFs, tables, images, and recipes into direct actions. The shift matters because it moves assistant UX from separate chat panes into in-place pointing and voice commands.

RELEASE4mo ago
Google releases Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite GA with 1M context and $0.25 input pricing

Google moved Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite from preview to GA, and OpenRouter added the model with 1 million context and low-cost multimodal pricing. The preview endpoint now has a shutdown schedule, and users should verify whether the GA model differs from the March preview.

RELEASE4mo ago
Google updates Gemini Interactions API with steps schema and Api-Revision 2026-05-26

Google is replacing the Gemini Interactions API’s older outputs-and-roles structure with a steps schema for multi-step agent workflows. The change matters because SDK upgrades, migration work, and schema assumptions in existing tooling may break before the new interface reaches GA.

NEWS4mo ago
Gemini API adds multimodal File Search with page citations

Google expanded Gemini API File Search to index text and images together, add custom metadata filtering, and return page-level citations. RAG builders can use it for tighter retrieval control and more auditable answers.

RELEASE4mo ago
Gemini API ships Webhooks and field-level Interactions errors

Google added Webhooks to the Gemini API and upgraded Interactions API errors with exact field paths, bad values, enum lists, and type mismatches. The changes target long-running tasks and agent integrations where polling and opaque validation failures slow debugging.

RELEASE5mo ago
Google AI Studio adds multi-chat and web search to Build mode

Google AI Studio added multi-chat threads and web search grounding to Build mode, so Gemini coding sessions can branch while pulling live docs into the workspace. The feature improves in-browser prototyping loops, but it is currently scoped to AI Studio rather than the Gemini API itself.

NEWS5mo ago
Gemini adds Grounding with Exa for websites, docs, people, and company search

Gemini models can now use Grounding with Exa to search websites, technical docs, papers, people, and companies through Exa's index. That gives Gemini a new agent-style grounding path alongside Google's first-party search tooling.

NEWS5mo ago
Google launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with Agent Studio and 200+ models

Google introduced Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as the evolution of Vertex AI, with Agent Studio, shared agent management, and Model Garden access to 200-plus models. Enterprises now get one stack for building, governing, and deploying agents across Gemini and Workspace surfaces.

RELEASE5mo ago
Google launches Deep Research Max with MCP, native charts, and 85.9% BrowseComp

Google added Deep Research and Deep Research Max to the Gemini API with collaborative planning, multimodal inputs, MCP support, and native charts. The agents push cited web-plus-private-data reports into developer workflows, and Max is tuned for slower overnight runs.

NEWS5mo ago
Google AI Studio adds Pro and Ultra plan support with higher quotas

Google enabled Pro and Ultra subscriptions inside AI Studio, turning consumer plans into a higher-quota bridge before direct API billing. The rollout still has quota bugs and does not yet support Workspace accounts, so check access before migrating.

RELEASE5mo ago
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS launches with Audio Tags, 70+ languages and API preview

Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS with inline Audio Tags, multi-speaker control and 70+ languages, and opened preview access through the Gemini API and AI Studio with rollout to Vertex AI and Google Vids. Independent evals ranked it near the top of current speech leaderboards, but it runs slower and costs more than the leading system.

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