What you might want to know
- Gemini 2.0 Flash is rolling out now without cost customers in the Gemini app.
- It replaces Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental, which was as soon as solely for subscribers, and can ultimately exchange Gemini 1.5 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Pro.
- Google One AI Premium subscribers nonetheless get a bigger context window and unique options.
Google is now making Gemini 2.0 Flash accessible without cost customers in the Gemini app, changing the placeholder Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental mannequin, and ultimately older Gemini fashions. Gemini 1.5 Flash and 1.5 Pro will stick round for “the subsequent few weeks” so customers can proceed their conversations. After that, Gemini 2.0 fashions — beginning with Gemini 2.0 Flash will exchange them.
Previously, the Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental mannequin was unique to Gemini Advanced subscribers in the Gemini app. Google One AI Premium members nonetheless get unique perks, like a one-million token context window (good for as much as 1,500 pages of file uploads), Deep Research, Gems, and extra. Free customers get entry to Gemini 2.0 Flash conversations and picture uploads.
Google describes the Gemini 2.0 Flash mannequin as providing “quick responses and stronger efficiency throughout a quantity of key benchmarks, offering on a regular basis assist with duties like brainstorming, studying or writing.” Comparatively, the Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental mannequin it replaces was described as “an early preview and may not work as anticipated.”
Presumably, the future Gemini lineup will embody Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini 1.5 Pro with Deep Research, and Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced — with the latter two fashions being paid choices for Gemini Advanced customers. All customers now get improved Imagen 3 picture technology, which “delivers richer particulars and textures” and “follows your directions with higher accuracy,” in response to Google.
Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental first turned accessible for Gemini app beta testers final month. It’s unclear once we may see Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced, or different 2.0 fashions, change into stable. The stable Gemini 2.0 Flash mannequin is already accessible on the Gemini internet consumer and is rolling out now in the Gemini app, with free entry accessible for the first time.