"Gemini 4 just launches at 2:46 on a Tuesday?" Argon appears unannounced in the app
autisticDeush · reddit · 2026-10-14
A user screenshot shows "4 Argon" with a New badge sitting above 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro in the Gemini model picker at High thinking level, with the poster surprised Google shipped it with zero announcement at 2:46 on a Tuesday, sparking discussion of vendors' randomized launch cadence.
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