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Gemini 4 Argon arrives in the Gemini app for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers

On Oct 13 Google made Gemini 4 Argon available in the Gemini app for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Google says it reasons better, hedges less and gives clearer progress updates on long tasks.

Why it matters

Google's newest frontier model is now in a mainstream product, with a chat-to-tasks toggle that keeps tasks running while you are away and connections to more than 40 apps. Worth testing against Claude and GPT on your own work.

How to try

Open the Gemini app on a Google AI Pro or Ultra plan. Gemini 4 Argon is available there.

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