Gemini 4 Pro / Flash: benchmarks, hands-on tests and leaks

Citing Google's Oct 13 blog, a Japanese user notes Gemini 4 Argon better shares progress during long-running tasks, available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

A user observes that many articles now read noticeably more Gemini-like after Gemini 4 Argon launched, arguing creators were eager to move off GPT.

A joke list of things that happened before GTA VI ships, including Gemini's first frontier model Argon alongside a foldable iPhone and flying Teslas.

A tongue-in-cheek workflow tip pairs Gemini 4 Argon on frontend with Opus 5.5 on backend to cover fullstack work.

Not all Google AI Pro subscribers get Argon in Antigravity: student free plans, Pixel bundles, Jio bundles, older IDE versions, and Ultra for Business are excluded.

Google AI Studio's full-stack web app creation and deployment is now powered end-to-end by gemini-4-argon and the Antigravity agent harness, going from prompt to Cloud Run.

A user reports Gemini 4 Argon felt stronger on day one but now gives weaker replies with worse coding and roleplay, suspecting heavy censorship.

A short post where the author, asked if he's excited for Fable 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Astra, replies he's still stuck on Gemini 4 Argon.

Reports that Gemini 4 Argon is generally available, running agents across Gmail and Drive to finish document work and code generation autonomously, and notes rising zero-click rates from AI search summaries.

A developer says Google AI Ultra is a great deal because of how good Gemini 4 Argon is, and will give Ultra access to the wildest Argon builds.

The poster argues DeepSeek's new Flash model won't outlast the month-old Claude Opus 5.5, citing Gemini 4 Argon and Muse Wonder as similar cases of fading hype.

A user notices Google AI search results suddenly improved and speculates the underlying model may have been upgraded to Gemini 4 Flash or no longer routed to Flash-Lite.