Google rolls out Gemini 4 Hydrogen, finally replacing 3.8 Flash

Google has released Gemini 4 Hydrogen, which replaces Gemini 3.8 Flash across its products with immediate access and more relaxed limits than earlier Argon and Carbon rollouts. Google says Hydrogen runs at four thinking levels (low, medium, high, and new xhigh), is 2.5 times faster than Flash 3.8 even in high mode, cuts "fabricated claims" by more than 5x, and more than triples 3.8 Flash's Terminal-Bench score. It scored 54 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index in xhigh mode versus 50 for Argon.