Google has launched Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a fast, lower-cost model for coding and AI agents. It is available to everyone in the Gemini app<\/a> and Search, and to developers at $1.50 per million input tokens. Google says it nearly matches its flagship Argon.<\/p>\n Google has launched Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster and cheaper model built for coding and AI agents, the company announced<\/a> on Thursday. Unlike its more powerful Gemini 4 models, Hydrogen is open to everyone, including free users of the Gemini app and Google Search.<\/p>\n For developers, it costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. That is less than half the standard price of Google\u2019s flagship Gemini 4 Argon. Hydrogen can handle up to 1 million tokens of input at once.<\/p>\n Google says Hydrogen finishes tasks 2.5 times faster than the older Gemini 3.8 Flash. On a ranking by independent tester Artificial Analysis, it scores one point higher than Argon at its default setting. Vals AI calls it the cheapest and fastest model in its top six.<\/p>\n Hydrogen is meant to do the everyday work while bigger models plan. Google also launched Orchestrator in its Antigravity coding tool, which switches between Hydrogen and its top model, Gemini 4 Carbon. Google says this gets close to Carbon\u2019s results while using 24% less quota.<\/p>\n Google also says Hydrogen makes up facts five times less often than 3.8 Flash. In Search, it is meant to handle messy, multi-part questions and link to a wider range of websites.<\/p>\n Hydrogen still trails some rivals. Artificial Analysis puts its top setting one point behind Anthropic\u2019s Claude Sonnet 5.5, and OpenAI recently cut GPT-6 prices with cheaper models of its own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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