●OUTAGE — Gemini recovers from one of its biggest outages (errors 1076/1099) as engineering mitigations take effect●DAILY-BRIEF — The new Daily Brief agent works overnight, analyzing your inbox, calendar, and tasks into a personalized morning digest●GEMINI-OMNI — Gemini Omni combines Gemini with Google's generative media models to produce consistent, high-quality video from a single prompt●ENTERPRISE — Gemini 3.5 Flash is enabled by default in Gemini Enterprise as of Jun 8 and can no longer be turned off●DEPRECATION — Image preview models (3.1-flash-image / 3-pro-image) shut down Jun 25; migrate to the GA versions now●FILE-SEARCH — File Search now supports multimodal search, natively embedding and searching images via gemini-embedding-2●OUTAGE — Gemini recovers from one of its biggest outages (errors 1076/1099) as engineering mitigations take effect●DAILY-BRIEF — The new Daily Brief agent works overnight, analyzing your inbox, calendar, and tasks into a personalized morning digest●GEMINI-OMNI — Gemini Omni combines Gemini with Google's generative media models to produce consistent, high-quality video from a single prompt●ENTERPRISE — Gemini 3.5 Flash is enabled by default in Gemini Enterprise as of Jun 8 and can no longer be turned off●DEPRECATION — Image preview models (3.1-flash-image / 3-pro-image) shut down Jun 25; migrate to the GA versions now●FILE-SEARCH — File Search now supports multimodal search, natively embedding and searching images via gemini-embedding-2

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Gemini Gems¹ Custom Instructions¹ Maintenance¹ Prompt Design¹ Gemini API¹ cost optimization¹ Context Caching¹ Batch API¹

◉ Gemini Basics/2026-05-02Intermediate

When to Rewrite a Gemini Gems Custom Instruction — Symptoms of Decay and a Safe Migration Path

Gemini Gems custom instructions degrade over time. Here are the symptoms that mean it's time to rewrite, the underlying causes, and a four-step migration path that keeps quality stable during the swap.

◈ Gemini API/2026-04-02Advanced

How I Cut My Gemini API Bill from ¥52,000 to ¥8,400 a Month — Caching, Model Routing, and the Batch API

A working record of cutting my Gemini API bill from ¥52,000 to ¥8,400 a month. Covers implicit vs. explicit caching, Flash/Pro routing rules, migrating to the Batch API, and a usage_metadata logging setup — with the production code I actually run.