●SCALE — The Gemini app passed one billion monthly users on August 11. Consumer adoption has settled, and developer attention is shifting to how to build on top of it●ASSISTANT — Gemini replaces Google Assistant on Android from September 4. Fifteen days out, so apps wired into App Actions or voice shortcuts should be checked now●AGENTS — Managed Agents in the Gemini API entered public preview, letting you build stateful autonomous agents inside a secure Google-hosted environment●ENTERPRISE — Gemini Enterprise reached general availability for registering and managing A2UI and A2A agents, moving agent-to-agent wiring out of preview●SUNSET — gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview shuts down on August 31, eleven days out. The replacement is Gemini Robotics ER 2, in public preview since July 30●PRICING — Gemini 3.7 Flash went GA on August 13 at an introductory $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 output, holding through December 31, 2026●SCALE — The Gemini app passed one billion monthly users on August 11. Consumer adoption has settled, and developer attention is shifting to how to build on top of it●ASSISTANT — Gemini replaces Google Assistant on Android from September 4. Fifteen days out, so apps wired into App Actions or voice shortcuts should be checked now●AGENTS — Managed Agents in the Gemini API entered public preview, letting you build stateful autonomous agents inside a secure Google-hosted environment●ENTERPRISE — Gemini Enterprise reached general availability for registering and managing A2UI and A2A agents, moving agent-to-agent wiring out of preview●SUNSET — gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview shuts down on August 31, eleven days out. The replacement is Gemini Robotics ER 2, in public preview since July 30●PRICING — Gemini 3.7 Flash went GA on August 13 at an introductory $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 output, holding through December 31, 2026

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Gemini API¹ Context Caching¹ cost optimization¹ usage_metadata¹ instrumentation¹ operations¹ gemini-api¹ file-api¹ troubleshooting¹ production¹

◈ Gemini API/2026-07-06Advanced

When Context Caching Didn't Lower My Gemini Bill — Field Notes on Measuring the Real Hit Rate

When Context Caching is enabled but the Gemini API bill barely drops, this field note measures the real hit rate from usage_metadata, separates TTL churn from fragmentation, and walks through a staged recovery.

◈ Gemini API/2026-04-27Intermediate

Why Your Gemini File URI Suddenly Returns 404 — Designing Around the 48-Hour TTL

Your Gemini-powered image or video pipeline worked perfectly yesterday, then started returning 404 the morning after a restart. The culprit is the File API's 48-hour TTL. Here is how to detect it and design an app that survives it.