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2026-10-15

Google's Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US

Google launched Universal Cart, a shopping tool, in the United States. It is available across Google Search and the Gemini app.

2026-10-13

Gemini 4 Argon now generally available in GitHub Copilot

Google's Gemini 4 Argon model is now generally available in GitHub Copilot, according to a GitHub Blog changelog post published 2026-10-13. GitHub states the model is designed for complex coding, agentic, and reasoning tasks.

2026-10-13

Google introduces Gemini 4 Argon, its latest frontier model

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, its latest frontier model, and stated that it is giving access to developers, enterprises, scientists, and consumers. The source post is a short announcement and does not include benchmarks, pricing, or availability details.

2026-10-13

Gemini 4 Argon now available on Vercel AI Gateway

Vercel announced that Google's Gemini 4 Argon model is available through Vercel AI Gateway under the model name google/gemini-4-argon. The model has a 1M token context window, accepts text, image, PDF, and video input, supports tool calling, and uses thinking levels (low, medium, high) instead of thinking budgets.

2026-09-02

Google ships Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash release in six weeks

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash on September 2, 2026, three weeks after 3.7 Flash. It holds 3.7 Flash's introductory price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output through December 31, 2026; standard pricing of $1.50 and $7.50 applies from January 1, 2027. It takes text, image, audio, video and PDF input, with a 1M context window and 64K output. A second variant, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, targets vulnerability detection and patching, gated behind Google's Fairwind Program.

2026-08-18

Google rolls out the August 2026 spam update

Google released the August 2026 spam update on August 18, 2026 and confirmed on August 21 that it had finished rolling out, a total run of 2 days and 16 hours. Google's Search Status Dashboard records the update as applying globally and to all languages. Google posted it to the status dashboard rather than announcing it through a Search Central blog post.

2026-08-13

Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash three weeks after 3.6

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13, 2026, just three weeks after 3.6 Flash, at an introductory $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output — half the previous generation's rate, rising to $1.50/$7.50 after December 31, 2026. It posts large coding gains over 3.6 Flash: FrontierCode 1.1 at 43.6% versus 34.4%, DeepSWE v1.1 at 65.3% versus 49.0%, and AutomationBench at 30.4% versus 17.0%.

2026-07-21

Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

Google released three new Gemini models: 3.6 Flash (the new workhorse model, cutting output token usage by 17% versus 3.5 Flash), 3.5 Flash-Lite for high-volume cost-sensitive workloads, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, a security-focused model for vulnerability detection restricted to governments and trusted partners.