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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/2026-05-26Advanced

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/2026-05-18Advanced

Building a Wallpaper Variation Pipeline with Gemini 3.2 Flash Image Output — How an Indie Developer Splits the Work with Imagen 4 and Cut Monthly API Cost

An indie developer's working notes on combining Gemini 3.2 Flash Image Output with Imagen 4 to power a wallpaper-variation feature. Python code, real monthly cost numbers, a perceptual-hash acceptance gate, and three production traps.

Gemini API/2026-05-18Intermediate

Building Automatic Wallpaper Category Classification with Gemini Vision

An indie developer shares how they implemented automatic wallpaper image classification with the Gemini Vision API — including accuracy results, real pitfalls, structured-output tips, and a cost comparison with GPT-4o Vision.

Gemini API/2026-05-15Intermediate

I Rebuilt My Wallpaper App's Recommendation Engine Using Gemini Function Calling

A hands-on account of integrating Gemini Function Calling into a wallpaper app with 50M+ downloads. Covers schema design, cost estimation, and how I compared Gemini against Claude and GPT-4o for this use case.

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.