Gemini 4 Carbon changelog

Gemini 4 Carbon will launch at $2 input and $10 output per million tokens

Carbon launches at the same introductory price as Argon, with cached input tokens at 95% off. After the introductory period the price rises to $4 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens.

Who is affected:

Developers planning to use Carbon should budget for the price doubling after the introductory period.

What to do:

Plan for the $4 and $20 per million token price after the introductory period.

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