Gemini 4 Argon reaches Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers alongside a new tasks mode
SiliconANGLE Duncan Riley ● Covered by 10 sources
Google put Gemini 4 Argon into the Gemini app for Pro and Ultra users. It now keeps working on tasks after you leave, and it sounds less waffly.
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Google has pushed its Gemini 4 Argon model into the Gemini app for Pro and Ultra subscribers, arriving about two weeks after it first went to vetted cybersecurity defenders. The same update adds a new tasks mode, aimed at jobs that keep going after the user has walked away from the computer.
Argon changes the tone of the app as well as its reach. Google says the model answers more directly, hedges less, and only repeats itself when it needs to. For longer assignments, the company says users should also see more progress updates than before. Turning on tasks is just a single toggle in the main chat window.
Once enabled, Gemini can keep working without the user sitting there. Google says the count of connected apps has passed 40, which makes the setup broad enough for things like an Instacart grocery order or an OpenTable reservation. Adobe and Shopify are also on the list for people building or running a business. And Google is now putting the agentic coding interface from Google Antigravity directly inside the Gemini app on macOS, so a chat can slide into coding without opening a separate tool. There’s no Windows version mentioned.
The release is not just for app users. Koray Kavukcuoglu said developers can now build on Argon through the paid tier of the Gemini API, with introductory pricing set at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens until Nov. 30, when those rates rise to $4 and $20. Google is also offering up to 10,000 scientists six months of free access to the highest usage tier in Antigravity, while cybersecurity teams that want Argon without its cyber guardrails still have to apply through the Fairwind Program. On the consumer side, Argon is also in AI Mode in Search for Pro and Ultra subscribers. Google’s plans page says tasks mode is limited to select countries for now, and Argon is still rolling out to Pro users.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
Google is doing the classic platform move: bundle the model, the app, the API, and the special programs, then call it a product strategy. It’s smart, and a little ruthless. The real test isn’t whether Argon sounds sharper; it’s whether people trust a chatbot that can keep acting after they’ve left the room.
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