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ROBOTICS — The ER 1.6 preview that shut down on August 31 does have a successor. Gemini Robotics ER 2 is in public preview, in both standard and streaming variantsVIDEO — ER 2 judges success and failure from live video rather than still snapshots, which is what lets it catch spills, slips, and misalignments while a task is still runningDEADLINE — Next up is September 30, when gemini-omni-flash-preview is retired. The target is gemini-omni-1.1-flash, GA since August 27, and there are now under four weeks leftAPIKEY — Every remaining standard API key, restricted ones included, stops working during September. The replacement is an auth key bound to a Google Cloud service accountPRICE — Gemini 3.7 Flash keeps its introductory $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through December 31, then moves to $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027. Any estimate crossing the year needs both figuresAUDIO — Gemini 3.5 Transcribe handles language detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing of up to 1,000 termsROBOTICS — The ER 1.6 preview that shut down on August 31 does have a successor. Gemini Robotics ER 2 is in public preview, in both standard and streaming variantsVIDEO — ER 2 judges success and failure from live video rather than still snapshots, which is what lets it catch spills, slips, and misalignments while a task is still runningDEADLINE — Next up is September 30, when gemini-omni-flash-preview is retired. The target is gemini-omni-1.1-flash, GA since August 27, and there are now under four weeks leftAPIKEY — Every remaining standard API key, restricted ones included, stops working during September. The replacement is an auth key bound to a Google Cloud service accountPRICE — Gemini 3.7 Flash keeps its introductory $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through December 31, then moves to $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027. Any estimate crossing the year needs both figuresAUDIO — Gemini 3.5 Transcribe handles language detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing of up to 1,000 terms
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Updates/2026-06-11Beginner

Google I/O 2026 Preview — What I'm Watching for in Gemini This Year

Google I/O 2026 is approaching. Based on current Gemini development trends and past announcement patterns, here's what I'm personally expecting — no guarantees.

Updates/2026-05-06Intermediate

Gemini API Developer Update for May 2026 — What Changed and What You Should Do

A developer-focused roundup of Gemini API changes in May 2026. Covers Gemini 3.2 impressions, the June Gemini 2.0 Flash deprecation deadline, and what to prepare before Google I/O 2026.

Updates/2026-05-05Intermediate

Two Weeks Until Google I/O 2026: What Gemini API Developers Should Prepare Right Now

With Google I/O 2026 just around the corner, here's what developers running Gemini API in production should do this week — from pinning model versions and recording baselines to tracking deprecation timelines before the announcements hit.