United StatesGoogle says its new Hydrogen model is 2.5 times faster.
It replaced 3.8 Flash across Google’s products immediately, skipping the staged release of Carbon and Argon.
Google says it cuts fabricated claims more than 5 times and charges $1.50 per million input tokens, unchanged from 3.8 Flash.
AI Plus and free Gemini app users still get the older 3.5 Flash-Lite model.
Carbon and Argon developer prices rise next month from $2/$10 to $4/$20 per million tokens.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica leans favorable
- frames Hydrogen as a Flash replacement that skips the staged, security-first rollout of Argon and Carbon, leading with its 'fabricated claims' reduction
Sources: Ars Technica