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Google DeepMind launches Gemini 4 Argon for robotics

Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics on its official site.

First seen 7 Oct, 14:04 UTC on Press on usage limits (Google News, established outlets)19 sourcesLast update 2h ago

How Gemini 4 Argon compares

List prices per million tokens, context and Arena's text leaderboard, against Google's other top models and the leading labs' best. The percentages are Gemini 4 Argon's price against each.

ModelReleasedInputOutputContextArena
Gemini 4 ArgonOctober 2026$2.00$10.001M#1 1525
Nano Banana 2.1October 2026$1.50 +33%$7.50 +33%64Knot ranked yet
Gemini 3.1 Pro$2.00$12.00 -17%2M#14 1487
Claude Opus 5.5September 2026$4.00 -50%$20.00 -50%1M#2 1507
GPT-6 AstraSeptember 2026$10.00 -80%$50.00 -80%1.05M#30 1475
Qwen3.8 Max PrimeSeptember 2026$4.00 -50%$12.00 -17%1Mnot ranked yet

Arena ranks the best effort setting of each model among all models on its text leaderboard. Every model and price.

What the sources say

Linked, never rewritten. Official means the lab itself.

Official6

blog.google· 13 Oct, 16:00Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problemsdeepmind.google· 13 Oct, 16:01Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problemsdeepmind.google· 13 Oct, 16:01Gemini 4 Argon for RoboticsGoogle for Developers· 13 Oct, 16:08Gemini 4 Argon for RoboticsGoogle for Developers· 13 Oct, 16:08Optimizing a 200,000-line Python codebase overnight with Gemini 4 Argondeepmind.google· 13 Oct, 19:43Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely

Press6

Press on usage limits (Google News, established outlets)· 7 Oct, 14:04Google prepares Antigravity for Gemini 4 Argon and ConciergeThe Verge· 13 Oct, 16:00Google finally releases Gemini 4 ArgonArs Technica· 13 Oct, 16:00Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you payOpenRouter· 13 Oct, 16:04Google: Gemini 4 Argon listed on OpenRouterThe Decoder· 13 Oct, 18:00Gemini 4 Argon is now available worldwide as Google's most capable frontier modelSiliconANGLE· 13 Oct, 22:23Gemini 4 Argon reaches Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers alongside a new tasks mode

Community7

r/singularity· 8 Oct, 07:08Gemini 4 is coming today (or tmr depending on your time zone.)Hacker News· 13 Oct, 16:03Gemini 4 Argon35 points · 3 commentsr/singularity· 13 Oct, 16:07Gemini 4 Argon is liver/singularity· 13 Oct, 16:24Gemini 4 Argon only for Ultra in AI StudioHacker News· 13 Oct, 16:55Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics4 points · 0 commentsr/singularity· 13 Oct, 17:46Google's Gemini 4 Argon autonomously built an entire photorealistic pagoda temple complex in Blender from a single prompt, with zero human intervention, using multiple AI agents to critique and refine its own workr/singularity· 13 Oct, 21:00Google's Gemini 4 Argon taught a humanoid robot to play cornhole from a single human video. It built its own physics simulator, trained the throws, and refined them on the real robot. Apollo then landed 7 shots in a row. Google says this cuts weeks of robotics engineering down to hours.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.

7 Oct 14:04Press on usage limits (Google News, established outlets) Google prepares Antigravity for Gemini 4 Argon and Concierge8 Oct 07:08r/singularity Gemini 4 is coming today (or tmr depending on your time zone.)13 Oct 16:00The Verge Google finally releases Gemini 4 Argon13 Oct 16:00blog.google Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems13 Oct 16:00Ars Technica Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay13 Oct 16:01deepmind.google Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems13 Oct 16:01deepmind.google Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics13 Oct 16:03Hacker News Gemini 4 Argon13 Oct 16:04OpenRouter Google: Gemini 4 Argon listed on OpenRouter13 Oct 16:07r/singularity Gemini 4 Argon is live13 Oct 16:08Google for Developers Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics13 Oct 16:08Google for Developers Optimizing a 200,000-line Python codebase overnight with Gemini 4 Argon13 Oct 16:24r/singularity Gemini 4 Argon only for Ultra in AI Studio13 Oct 16:55Hacker News Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics13 Oct 17:46r/singularity Google's Gemini 4 Argon autonomously built an entire photorealistic pagoda temple complex in Blender from a single prompt, with zero human intervention, using multiple AI agents to critique and refine its own work13 Oct 18:00The Decoder Gemini 4 Argon is now available worldwide as Google's most capable frontier model13 Oct 19:43deepmind.google Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely13 Oct 21:00r/singularity Google's Gemini 4 Argon taught a humanoid robot to play cornhole from a single human video. It built its own physics simulator, trained the throws, and refined them on the real robot. Apollo then landed 7 shots in a row. Google says this cuts weeks of robotics engineering down to hours.13 Oct 22:23SiliconANGLE Gemini 4 Argon reaches Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers alongside a new tasks mode

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