2.5× faster: Google brings Gemini 4 Hydrogen to Search and the Gemini app

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

Google announced the new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model, now the default for AI Mode in Google Search worldwide.

2.5×faster than Gemini 3.8 Flash, per Google

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Why it matters

The new model reaches Google Search for all users, and promises better handling of long questions and typos.

For most people

Try it: open AI Mode in Google Search.

On November 12, 2026 Google said Gemini 4 Hydrogen is reaching Google Search for all users worldwide, and called it its biggest model upgrade to Search yet.
Google says it finishes tasks about 2.5 times faster than Gemini 3.8 Flash at its default setting.
It handles multi-part questions, very specific requests and typos better, in every language AI Mode supports.
Answers show more images, comparison tables and custom tools, and Search splits a complex question into smaller ones to reach a wider range of sites.
In the Gemini app it is part of automatic model selection for free users, and in Antigravity for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
Google lists a 1-million-token ; the results it published are its own.

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