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5 stories since 25 Sep · Ongoing · last update 7 Oct

The story so far

Adobe brought Photoshop and Firefly into Gemini, and Google added Live Avatar to Gemini 3.8 Live.

Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS voice models and released Gemini 4 Argon first to trusted cyber defenders.

Google's pricing page lists an update to Nano Banana 2, its Gemini image model, at a lower image price than Nano Banana 2.

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What the labels mean From the beginning

  1. 7 Oct

    Models and releases Google lists Nano Banana 2.1 at $0.0336 per 1K image, against $0.067 for Nano Banana 2

  2. 1 Oct

    New model Models and releases Google releases Gemini 4 Argon first to trusted cyber defenders

  3. 28 Sep

    Models and releases Google says Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS are rolling out from September 23, 2026 in the Gemini API.

  4. 26 Sep

    Models and releases Google adds Live Avatar to Gemini 3.8 Live, now in Gemini Enterprise

  5. 25 Sep

    Our first story Agents and apps Adobe brings Photoshop and Firefly into Gemini, adds Acrobat to its Claude plugin

  6. Our first story
    It began before we started covering it.

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New model
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New version
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Built on a model
A product or feature that runs on the models.
Price change
What it costs to use went up or down.
Outside test
Someone other than the maker measured it.
Safety finding
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Rules and courts
A government, regulator or court acted on it.
Retired
A model or service shut down, or given a date to.