Google Unveils Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a Fast Model for Everyday Coding and Agent Tasks

At a glance

Google has released Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a new AI model built for everyday coding and agent work, where AI handles multi-step tasks on its own. It is designed for speed, and its availability has been widely expanded.

Key points

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   Hydrogen is available in Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, the Gemini app, and Google Search.

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   Paid Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can also use it in Google Antigravity.

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   It works alongside Google's top-tier Carbon and Argon models, handling the fast execution role.

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   It costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.

Why it matters

When using AI for real work, speed and cost matter, and this model is designed to handle tasks quickly at a relatively low price.

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