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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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Gemini API/2026-07-03Advanced

Building AI-Powered iOS and Android Apps with the Gemini API — Image Recognition, Voice Analysis, Chat, and Monetization

Architecture patterns, cost optimization, and monetization for adding image recognition, voice analysis, and AI chat to iOS/Android apps with the Gemini API — updated with Gemma 4 routing and the mandatory API key restriction change.

Gemini API/2026-05-26Intermediate

Why Gemini API Streaming Drops on iOS After Backgrounding — and How to Fix It

When your iOS app receives a streaming response from Gemini API and the user briefly switches to another app, the stream often goes silent forever. Here's how URLSession actually treats long-lived HTTP, and the smallest change that brings reliability back.

Gemini API/2026-05-26Advanced

Pairing Gemini API with Apple FoundationModels (iOS 26): An On-Device-First Hybrid Routing Notebook

Running iOS 26 FoundationModels alongside Gemini API as a hybrid stack for a wallpaper app's poem-from-image feature: routing decisions, full Swift code, and one week of latency and cost numbers.

Gemini API/2026-05-13Advanced

Maximizing Revenue in Indie iOS Wallpaper Apps with AdMob + Gemini API

A decade of indie app development reveals how to balance AdMob revenue against Gemini API costs. Learn architecture patterns, cost control strategies, and Freemium gate implementation for AI-powered wallpaper apps.

Gemini Dev/2026-05-11Intermediate

A Week Using Gemini CLI for iOS App Development: An Indie Dev's Honest Report

An indie developer with 50M+ app downloads shares a week-long experiment integrating Gemini CLI into iOS development. Covers translation, release notes, code review, and an honest comparison with Claude Code.

Gemini Dev/2026-05-08Advanced

Integrating Gemini API into iOS Widgets: Working Around WidgetKit's Execution Limits

Calling Gemini API directly from a WidgetKit TimelineProvider silently fails after release. Learn the App Groups caching pattern plus BGTaskScheduler refresh that keeps widgets fresh while cutting API calls to roughly one tenth, with field-tested numbers and a pre-release checklist.

Gemini API/2026-04-03Advanced

Gemini API × SwiftUI in Production: Streaming, Multimodal, Error Handling, and App Store Submission

A production-grade guide to integrating the Gemini API into SwiftUI apps at production quality. Covers streaming responses, multimodal input, error handling, test strategies, and App Store submission requirements.