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

A short contrarian post argues that nobody really cares whether Gemini 4 Argon is released today.

Someone shared a screenshot claiming Gemini 4 Argon has launched, and the poster asks whether it is real, with no official or reproducible evidence yet.

From Oct 9 free users lose Gemini Pro and Flash access, keeping only Flash-Lite, while older Flash models leave Antigravity, which the poster reads as clearing the way for Argon.

A Japanese poster says Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out and hopes it writes as well as Gemini 3.8 Flash, without giving any test details.

Back from a chip conference in Germany, the author says Gemini 4 Argon is four months delayed and still can't be selected, also criticizes Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol, and argues the gap between AI users and non-users keeps widening.

A short leak says Gemini 4 Argon is most likely launching this year, with no specific date or source given.

A chain-style prompt asks: if Opus 5.5 handles frontend and GPT-6 Astra handles backend, what should Gemini 4 Argon be responsible for?

A post congratulates everyone celebrating the Argon 4 release, calling it the "big twin" and successor to the Pro model, with an image marking the launch.

Google's developer post says Managed Agents on the Interactions API run the Antigravity harness in a remote Linux sandbox with one call, currently on Gemini 3.8 Flash with 4.0 Pro coming soon.

A Gemini Ultra subscriber posts a video complaining that although many users say Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out, they still don't have access.

Google launched Playground, an experimental US-only 18+ gaming platform where users chat with models to build racing, shooter and platformer games and publish multiplayer titles; the poster suspects it precedes Gemini 4 Argon.

Google is preparing Argon inside Antigravity, with UI references to usage limits and subscription access, and Google AI Ultra users are likely the first wave.