Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster model for everyday coding and agents

Key points

• Priced at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, flat across the full 1 million-token context window.
• Orchestrator in Google Antigravity switches between Carbon and Hydrogen in one session, reportedly using 24% less quota and finishing 19% faster on Terminal-Bench 4.0.
• Rolling out today to developers, enterprises, Gemini app and Search, and Sheets, with Sheets limited to paid Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers for consumers.

Why it matters for marketers: Marketers and content teams get a cheaper, faster model for drafting, research and Sheets-based analysis, with rollout across Search and the Gemini app starting today.