Key Info

Google announced Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a model aimed at everyday coding and agentic work that can run standalone or be paired with Gemini 4 Carbon and Gemini 4 Argon on larger builds.

Highlights

  • Offers 4 thinking levels (low, medium, high, xhigh) so users pay only for the depth a task needs
  • Claimed to finish tasks 2.5X faster than Gemini 3.8 Flash and faster than competing models in its class
  • Surpasses Argon on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at its default high thinking setting
  • Rolling out across the Gemini API, Gemini for business, the Gemini app, Google Search, and Antigravity for paid AI Pro and Ultra subscribers