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Google Rolls Out Gemini 4 Hydrogen, Replacing 3.8 Flash

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Confidence
90%
Impact: 80%
Updated 8m ago

Consensus Brief

Google has launched Gemini 4 Hydrogen, which replaces the previous 3.8 Flash model. This new model offers significant improvements in speed and performance, particularly in code generation and handling complex queries in Google Search.

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Primary: Ars Technica

What Changed Since Last Update

8m ago

New corroborating source added: Ars Technica published an update on Thu, 12 No ("Google rolls out Gemini 4 Hydrogen, finally replacing 3.8 Flash").

Claim Ledger

4 claims tracked across sources

Confirmed Fact

Hydrogen runs in one of four thinking levels and is 2.5 times faster than Flash 3.8.

Confirmed Fact

Hydrogen reduces fabricated claims by more than 5x.

Confirmed Fact

Hydrogen scored 54 in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index in xhigh mode.

Confirmed Fact

Developers can access Hydrogen via the API at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.

Role-Based Impact Analysis

Source Timeline

30 sources corroborating