Google's Gemini 4 Argon arrives, for paying users first

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Google's Gemini 4 Argon arrives, for paying users first

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, its new top model, in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Search. For now it's only for paying AI Pro and Ultra subscribers; in the US those plans cost US$20 and about US$100 a month. Developers get introductory pricing of US$2 per million input tokens (the chunks of text AI firms bill by) until 30 November, when it doubles. Benchmarking firm Artificial Analysis says Argon matches OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on its overall index at about 60% of the cost per task.

Why it matters: If you already pay for Google's AI plan, you can try it now on proposals, spreadsheets and documents, with nothing new to sign up for.

Source: Ars Technica · Also reported by Google, Engadget

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