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title: "Google opens Gemini 4 Argon globally with 95% cached-input discounts"
description: "From the The Forward Pass daily issue, October 21, 2026."
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updated: 2026-10-21
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# Google opens Gemini 4 Argon globally with 95% cached-input discounts

From The Forward Pass daily issue, October 21, 2026 (https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-10-21). Source: https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-10-21/google-opens-gemini-4-argon-globally-with-95-cached-input-discounts

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**Top News** · 21 HN points

If you want to put Gemini 4 Argon into an application, the paid Gemini API tier is open globally in AI Studio and Android Studio. Google's latest frontier model targets complex, multi-step work in coding, finance, legal, cybersecurity, and science.

Here's what you get:
- API pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Cached input receives a 95% discount.
- Google AI Ultra subscribers can use Argon in Antigravity and AI Studio. Gemini app and AI Mode in Search access is for Google AI Ultra or Pro subscribers.
- Enterprise access is through Gemini for business, the API, and Google Antigravity.

One catch: the Gemini API's 1 million-token limit is shared by input and output. Longer work uses a continuation protocol that requires setup.

Try it: Use the Gemini API in AI Studio or Android Studio on the paid tier.

Sources: [blog.google](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/)