# Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a fast and cheap model

> Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster, cheaper model for coding and AI agents available free to everyone.
- Title: Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a fast and cheap model
- Summary: Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster, cheaper model for coding and AI agents available free to everyone.
- Keywords: google, gemini 4 hydrogen, ai models, coding, pricing, gemini app, google search, The Next Web
- Source: The Next Web — https://thenextweb.com/news/google-gemini-4-hydrogen-fast-cheap-model-everyone
- Author: Ana Maria Constantin
- Published: 2026-11-12T20:19:32+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: google, gemini 4 hydrogen, ai models, coding, pricing, gemini app, google search, technology, startups
## Google launches Hydrogen model
Google announced Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster and cheaper model built for coding and AI agents. It is available free to everyone in the Gemini app and Google Search.
## Pricing and performance details
Developers pay one dollar fifty per million input tokens and seven dollars fifty per million output tokens, less than half the price of Gemini 4 Argon.
## Hydrogen handles everyday work
Google launched Orchestrator in its Antigravity coding tool, which switches between Hydrogen and Gemini 4 Carbon. This gets close to Carbon's results while using twenty four percent less quota.
## Key takeaway

Google launched Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a cheaper and faster model available free to all users and to developers at one dollar fifty per million input tokens.