Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon to paid API users and Google AI Ultra subscribers
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Google AIOfficialPickGoogle releases Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest frontier modelAIGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest frontier model, is now available, aimed at long-horizon agentic work in knowledge work, software engineering, cybersecurity, and scientific reasoning. Google AI Ultra subscribers get it in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, while developers and enterprises can build with it through the API. Google says Gemini 4 Argon remains the better fit for most software engineering and knowledge work.
Google AI StudioOfficialPickGoogle releases Gemini 4 Carbon via the Gemini API and AI StudioAIGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is now live via the Gemini API and AI Studio for paid API and Google AI Ultra subscribers. Google describes it as its strongest model, with frontier performance in cybersecurity, long-horizon agentic workflows, software engineering, and scientific reasoning.
🚨 AI News | TestingCatalogXGoogle announces Gemini 4 Carbon rollout for Ultra subscribers and APIsAIGoogle announces that Gemini 4 Carbon is rolling out to Gemini Ultra subscribers and through APIs. The post says Gemini Pro users also want access, but the source does not say whether Pro will get it.
- Google AI StudioOfficialPickGoogle releases Gemini 4 Carbon via Gemini API and AI Studio
AIGoogle AI Studio says Gemini 4 Carbon is now live through the Gemini API and AI Studio for paid API and Google AI Ultra subscribers. The post calls it the company's strongest model, citing frontier performance in cybersecurity, long-horizon agentic workflows, software engineering, and scientific reasoning.
Philipp SchmidOfficialPickGoogle makes Gemini 4 Carbon available in the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and AntigravityAIGoogle has made Gemini 4 Carbon available in the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Antigravity for Google AI Ultra subscribers. Philipp Schmid says Google teams improved open-source vulnerability recall by more than 25% over Argon and found 40x more remote protein homologs for AlphaFold 3. He says he used the model for weeks and built a 3D reconstruction of a London office from 7 planning PDFs using /swarm in Antigravity.
Josh WoodwardOfficialPickGoogle makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to Ultra subscribers worldwideAIJosh Woodward, a Google product lead, says Gemini 4 Carbon is now available in the Gemini app for Ultra subscribers worldwide. The attached screenshot shows a model selector labeled Carbon in the Gemini app's task view.
GoogleOfficialPickGoogle makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to AI Ultra subscribers and developersAIGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is available starting today. AI Ultra subscribers can use it in the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, Antigravity, and Google AI Studio. Developers and enterprises can access it through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Android Studio, and through Gemini for business.
Logan KilpatrickOfficialPickGoogle releases Gemini 4 Carbon in the Gemini API and to Ultra subscribersAILogan Kilpatrick, of Google, announces that Gemini 4 Carbon is now available in the Gemini API and to Ultra subscribers. He says it was launched a few weeks after Argon and makes significant progress on feedback about Argon, pushing the frontier in cyber, knowledge work, and code.
Sundar PichaiOfficialPickGoogle rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon for long-horizon software, security and science tasksAIGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is rolling out today, built for sustained, long-horizon tasks such as complex software engineering, cybersecurity, and scientific discovery. The model comes globally through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Gemini for business, and to Ultra subscribers in Antigravity, the Gemini app, and AI Mode in Search.
- Google DeepMindOfficialPickGoogle makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to developers, enterprises, and consumers
AIGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is now available through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Gemini for business at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, the same introductory price as Gemini 4 Argon. It is also rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, the Gemini app, and AI Mode in Search. Google reports that Carbon ranks #1 on CursorBench 4.0, WANDR, and AutomationBench at more than 2X lower cost per task than the next best external model.
- Google · Gemini appOfficialPickGoogle makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to developers and consumers
AIGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is now available through the API in Google AI Studio and Gemini for business at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. It is also rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, the Gemini app, and AI Mode in Search. Google positions Carbon for tasks that test a model's limits, such as complex coding and scientific research, and says it uses more tokens than Argon to reason and verify.
- The Verge · AINewsPickGoogle rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon to all paying developers and enterprises
AIGoogle is rolling out Gemini 4 Carbon to paying developers and enterprises after a two-week preview with cybersecurity defenders. The model is priced at an introductory $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, which Google says is cheaper than rival frontier models.
- 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalogXGoogle rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon on Google Cloud and Agent Studio
AIGoogle is rolling out Gemini 4 Carbon on Google Cloud Platform, and it is already available in Agent Studio, according to TestingCatalog. The model is described as Google's most capable model for deep work, with a 1M output token limit. The attached screenshot lists input pricing of $2.00 and output pricing of $10.00 through Nov 30, 2026.
- 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalogXGemini 4 Carbon in Google AI Studio requires an AI Ultra plan or API key
AIAn updated upgrade pop-up in Google AI Studio says Gemini 4 Carbon needs a Google AI Ultra plan or a Gemini API key. The post suggests Carbon will reach Ultra users and the API at least.
