Gemini
by Google DeepMind
At a glance
Google's AI assistant, formerly Bard, integrated with Google services and powered by the Gemini 3.8 model family, including Gemini 3.8 Flash.
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- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- AI Assistants
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023-12
Overview
Gemini is an AI-assistant product from Google DeepMind: a multimodal assistant, launched as Bard and now powered by the Gemini 3.8 model family. It is used as a web app at gemini.google.com, on Android, and inside Google apps such as Gmail, Docs and Maps. On 2 September 2026 Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, and on 30 September 2026 it announced Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model rolling out first to trusted cyber defenders. The standard assistant is free, with more capable models on paid Google AI plans. The clearest limitation is verifiability: the recorded documentation host redirects into a Google account sign-in, so neither the API documentation nor a pricing page could be read.
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Key features
- Powered by Google's multimodal Gemini 3.8 model family, including Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Integration with Google apps such as Gmail, Docs, and Maps
- Image understanding and image generation
- Deep Research and file analysis for longer tasks
Use cases
- Everyday questions grounded in Google's search index
- Drafting and summarizing inside Gmail and Google Docs
- Multimodal tasks that combine text, images, and code
Pricing
The standard Gemini assistant is free; paid Google AI plans unlock more capable Gemini 3.8 models, higher limits, and deeper Workspace integration.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-12
- Documentation
- ai.google.dev ↗
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- GB
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/gemini/
Selection profile
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- Drafting and editing text
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- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
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- Android Web
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- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
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- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
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- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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- Works offline
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- Public API
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- Licence
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- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini free to use?
Yes. The standard Gemini assistant is free; paid Google AI plans add more capable models and higher usage limits.
What was Gemini called before?
Gemini was launched as Bard in 2023 and renamed Gemini in 2024 after Google's Gemini model family.
What is Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is a September 2026 Google model in the Gemini 3.8 family, positioned as a faster, lower-cost option alongside Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber.
Who should not choose Gemini?
People who need a documented public API with published prices for the assistant, or a self-hosted or offline assistant, should look elsewhere: no public API is recorded and the documentation host sits behind a Google sign-in.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-12.
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