Gemini 4 Argon is built for longer work tasks: Google’s announced features, API prices and access limits
Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon with restricted initial access. Explore its work-focused features, output allowance, introductory API prices and what Google says about a wider public rollout.
- Oct 1, 2026,
- Updated Oct 1, 2026 3:28 PM IST
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Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30, starting with selected cybersecurity partners. Its Fairwind programme vets organisations and restricts access to approved teams. This is not a general release to everyone using the Gemini app.
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Google describes Argon as designed for sustained software, legal and financial tasks, including analysis of documents, charts and video. These capabilities are company claims.
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Google says the output-token limit rises from 64,000 to one million. This measures generated output, rather than the amount of material supplied to the model.
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Introductory API pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, rising subsequently to $4 and $20. Developers pay according to usage.
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Google says the later rollout will start with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers. It has not announced a public-release date. Fairwind partners are separately prohibited from reselling or sharing their restricted model access.