Ep. 252 | Google Just Dropped Gemini 4 Argon Into Pro and Ultra

On October 13, 2026, Google released Gemini 4 Argon, the first model in its Gemini 4 family. It is available globally to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, to Google AI Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, to developers on the Gemini API paid tier in AI Studio, and to enterprises through Gemini for business, the API, and Antigravity. Mike and Frank explain the news in plain English. Gemini 4 is Google's new model generation; Argon is its first and most capable model, built for deep, multi-step work like coding, finance, legal, cybersecurity, and science. Google says it follows style instructions better, hedges less, skips clichés, and is trained to pause for human confirmation before irreversible steps. The free Gemini app is not on Google's consumer list — Pro and Ultra are. Shop receipt: check your plan → open the Gemini app or AI Mode in Search → look for Gemini 4 Argon in the model picker (rolling out globally) → test it on one real deep job, like turning a messy project folder into a client proposal. API builders: the introductory price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input 95% off. After the introductory period ends November 30, 2026, it becomes $4 and $20. The Gemini API offers a 1M unified input-output token limit and a new continuation protocol. No subscription prices are listed in the announcement, and we don't invent any. Takeaway: if you pay for Pro or Ultra, open the picker and test Argon on one real job this week. If you build on the API, mark November 30 on the calendar before the rate doubles. Source: Google — "Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems" — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/ Topics: Google · Gemini 4 Argon · Gemini app · Google AI Pro · Google AI Ultra · Gemini API · small business --- Frequently Asked Questions Who can use Gemini 4 Argon? Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search; Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity; developers on the Gemini API paid tier in AI Studio; enterprises via Gemini for business, the API, and Antigravity. Do free Gemini users get Argon? Google's consumer list names Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Free users are not on that list. What does Argon cost on the API? Introductory: $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens, cached input 95% off. After November 30, 2026: $4 per 1M input and $20 per 1M output. --- About the Hosts Michael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers. Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Ctrl AI Profit — Real AI. Real Business. No Hype. CtrlAiProfit.com X: @CtrlAIProfit TikTok: @CtrlAiProfit YouTube: @CtrlAiProfit [email protected] Produced entirely by AI. Yes, really....