Google Gemini Release History Timeline

Google previews its conversational AI answer to the new chatbot wave.

Google announces Bard as an experimental conversational AI service powered by LaMDA, opening it first to trusted testers.

Bard opens to early users in the U.S. and U.K.

Google starts opening access to Bard as an early experiment for writing, brainstorming, learning, and search-adjacent exploration.

Bard gets a stronger language model for reasoning and coding.

Google introduces PaLM 2 with multilingual, reasoning, and coding gains, and says PaLM 2 is powering major improvements in Bard.

The waitlist ends and Bard expands across countries and modalities.

At I/O 2023, Google ends the Bard waitlist, expands access to more regions, adds image support plans, and previews deeper app integrations.

Google says its next model is being built for multimodality and tools.

Alongside PaLM 2, Google says Gemini is in training as a natively multimodal model designed for tool and API integration.

Bard connects to Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube and travel tools.

Google launches Bard Extensions in English so Bard can retrieve and synthesize information from Google apps and services in one conversation.

Bard adds a Search-backed way to inspect answers.

The Google it button is upgraded so Bard can highlight statements with supporting or conflicting web evidence.

Google previews a more personal assistant built with Bard.

Google announces Assistant with Bard as an early vision for combining Assistant help with generative AI across text, voice, and images.

Google introduces Ultra, Pro and Nano as a native multimodal family.

Google launches Gemini 1.0 in three sizes, positioning it as the company's most capable general model for text, image, audio, video and code.

The Bard product receives its largest model upgrade.

Google rolls a fine-tuned Gemini Pro into Bard for more advanced reasoning, planning and understanding.

Gemini reaches on-device AI on Pixel 8 Pro.

Pixel 8 Pro becomes the first smartphone engineered to run Gemini Nano, powering features like Recorder summaries and Smart Reply.

Developers get Gemini Pro in AI Studio and Vertex AI.

Google makes Gemini Pro available to developers and enterprises through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.

Google renames Bard and centers the assistant on Gemini.

Google rebrands Bard as Gemini, making the product name match the model family and repositioning the app as a Google AI assistant.

Google launches its premium Gemini plan.

Gemini Advanced launches with access to Ultra 1.0 through the Google One AI Premium plan.

Gemini arrives as a dedicated mobile assistant experience.

Google introduces a Gemini mobile app experience, including Android access and a path for iOS users through the Google app.

Google folds work features into the Gemini brand.

Google says AI Premium subscribers will soon be able to use Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets and more, formerly Duet AI.

Google introduces a long-context Gemini generation.

Gemini 1.5 Pro debuts with MoE architecture, strong multimodal performance and up to a 1 million-token context window in private preview.

AI Studio and Vertex customers can test the huge context window.

Google offers a limited preview of Gemini 1.5 Pro with up to 1 million tokens to developers and enterprise customers.

A fast, lower-cost Gemini model enters the family.

Google introduces Gemini 1.5 Flash as a lighter model optimized for speed, high-volume tasks and multimodal reasoning with long context.

Gemini 1.5 Pro doubles its already huge context window.

Google announces a 2 million-token context window for Gemini 1.5 Pro via waitlist in AI Studio and Vertex AI.

Google shows a universal AI assistant research prototype.

Project Astra demonstrates real-time multimodal understanding for an assistant that can see, hear, remember and respond naturally.

Consumers get a 1 million-token context window.

Gemini Advanced adds Gemini 1.5 Pro in more than 150 countries and over 35 languages, with file upload and analysis features.

Google previews natural voice chat and custom Gemini assistants.

Google announces Gemini Live for natural mobile conversations and Gems as customizable Gemini experts for Advanced subscribers.

Gemini 1.5 Pro comes into Gmail, Docs, Drive, Sheets and Slides.

At I/O 2024, Google announces Gemini for Workspace improvements including a 1.5 Pro-powered side panel across core apps.

The unpaid Gemini app gets faster responses and larger context.

Google upgrades the free Gemini experience to 1.5 Flash in more than 40 languages and over 230 countries and territories.

Gemini adds more visible ways to explore source context.

Google adds related content links for fact-seeking Gemini prompts and expands hallucination mitigation around double-checking.

Google broadens teen access with responsible design guidance.

Google expands Gemini for Teens and publishes details about policies and safeguards for younger users.

Advanced subscribers get a free-flowing mobile voice experience.

Gemini Live begins rolling out in English to Gemini Advanced subscribers on Android with hands-free conversations and 10 voices.

Gemini becomes deeply integrated into Android.

Google shows Gemini as an Android assistant that can help with the current screen, answer questions about YouTube videos and drag generated images into apps.

Gemini connects to more everyday Google tools.

Google announces new Gemini extensions for Keep, Tasks, Utilities and expanded YouTube Music features, with Calendar coming soon.

Pixel 9 brings text, image and audio understanding on device.

The Pixel 9 family runs Gemini Nano with Multimodality through Tensor G4, enabling richer on-device AI features.

Google launches a dedicated Gemini app on iOS.

The Gemini app becomes available on iPhone, including Gemini Live, image generation with Imagen 3 and app connections.

Google starts its agentic model era.

Google introduces Gemini 2.0 and releases an experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash with stronger performance, native tool use and multimodal output capabilities.

Gemini Advanced gets a research assistant mode.

Google launches Deep Research in Gemini Advanced to browse, reason and compile multi-step research reports.

Developers get real-time audio and video-streaming input.

Google releases a Multimodal Live API for dynamic applications with real-time audio, video input and combined tool use.

Google previews a browser agent built with Gemini 2.0.

Project Mariner explores using Gemini to reason across browser screens and web elements, then complete tasks through a Chrome extension.

Astra gains multilingual conversation, tools and memory.

Google shows a new Project Astra version with Google Search, Lens and Maps tool use, improved latency and better memory controls.

Google previews an agent for GitHub workflows.

Jules is introduced as an experimental AI-powered code agent that can plan and execute coding tasks under developer supervision.

Search begins testing harder questions with Gemini 2.0.

Google starts limited testing of Gemini 2.0 in AI Overviews for advanced math, multimodal queries, coding and multi-step questions.

The 2.0 workhorse becomes production-ready for developers.

Google makes Gemini 2.0 Flash generally available through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.

Google releases its strongest coding-focused 2.0 model preview.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental launches for coding performance and complex prompts, including a 2 million-token context window and tool calling.

Google adds a cost-efficient 2.0 model.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite launches in public preview for cost-sensitive, high-volume developer workloads.

Reasoning mode reaches the Gemini app.

Google says 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental will be available to Gemini app users from the model dropdown.

Gemini expands into physical-world agents.

Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER, bringing Gemini 2.0's multimodal reasoning into robotics.

Deep Research, Gems, personalization and connected apps expand.

Google rolls out upgraded app features including Deep Research for more users, Gems for everyone, app connections and personalization.

Gemini's research mode expands globally.

Deep Research begins rolling out so anyone can try it in 45+ languages, with upgraded reasoning from 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental.

Gemini starts using user-controlled Google context.

Gemini introduces an experimental personalization mode powered by 2.0 Flash Thinking that can use Search history for tailored responses.

Gemini can use more apps through thinking models.

Google adds Calendar, Notes, Tasks and Photos connections to Gemini, allowing thinking models to reason across multi-app requests.

Google launches its first 2.5 thinking model.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental debuts as Google's most intelligent model, with reasoning built into the model family.

Gemini 2.5 Pro gets a coding and web-app update.

Google releases early access to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview I/O edition with major gains for coding and interactive web app generation.

Google expands 2.5 with Flash, Deep Think and new capabilities.

At I/O 2025, Google announces 2.5 Flash improvements, Deep Think for 2.5 Pro, native audio output, advanced safeguards and more developer controls.

The fast thinking model reaches all Gemini app users.

Google says 2.5 Flash is available to everyone in the Gemini app, with developer and enterprise GA planned for early June.

Gemini API gains more agent tooling.

Google brings Project Mariner computer-use capabilities, thought summaries, thinking budgets and MCP tool support into Gemini developer workflows.

Google details native audio dialog and speech generation.

Google describes Gemini 2.5 audio dialog and controllable speech generation across Pro and Flash previews.

The main Gemini 2.5 models become stable.

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash are released as stable, generally available models for production applications.

The 2.5 family gets its fastest and cheapest model.

Google introduces Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite in preview as its most cost-efficient and fastest 2.5 model.

Enhanced reasoning reaches Google AI Ultra subscribers.

Google rolls out Deep Think in the Gemini app for Google AI Ultra subscribers and shares access with select mathematicians.

Gemini gets a major native image editing upgrade.

Google introduces an updated Gemini image editing model from Google DeepMind focused on likeness consistency, blending, multi-turn edits and style transfer.

Google updates its physical-world agent models.

Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Robotics-ER 1.5 for robots that can perceive, reason, use tools and act.

Gemini image editing moves into more Google products.

Google brings Nano Banana to Search, NotebookLM and soon Photos, including Lens Create mode and richer Video Overviews.

Google launches its most intelligent Gemini generation.

Gemini 3 begins with Gemini 3 Pro in preview across the Gemini app, AI Studio, Vertex AI, Search AI Mode and Antigravity.

Gemini 3 powers an agent-first development platform.

Google releases Antigravity, an agentic development platform where Gemini agents can plan, code, use the terminal and validate work in a browser.

Ultra subscribers get experimental agentic tasks in the app.

Google AI Ultra subscribers can try Gemini Agent in the Gemini app for complex workflows like organizing Gmail or planning services.

Search gets Gemini 3 on day one.

Gemini 3 comes to AI Mode in Search with generative UI experiences, dynamic visual layouts and interactive tools.

The Gemini 3 family gets a fast default model.

Gemini 3 Flash launches as a frontier-intelligence model built for speed and becomes the default model in the Gemini app.

Google upgrades its specialized reasoning mode.

Gemini 3 Deep Think launches as a major upgrade for science, research and engineering challenges, with access for Google AI Ultra subscribers.

Google adds a fast, cost-efficient 3.1 model tier.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite launches in preview for high-volume developer workloads in AI Studio and Vertex AI.

Google releases a new frontier model for agents and coding.

Gemini 3.5 launches with 3.5 Flash, a generally available model built for complex agentic workflows, coding and multimodal tasks.

Google previews a 24/7 personal AI agent.

Google introduces Gemini Spark, a personal AI agent powered by 3.5 Flash that can help navigate digital life and act under user direction.

Gemini adds Daily Brief, proactive help and richer responses.

Google announces a more agentic Gemini app with Daily Brief, proactive help, tailored response designs and broader monthly usage.

Gemini gets a new dynamic design language.

Google rolls out Neural Expressive globally across web, Android and iOS, adding a more dynamic visual language to Gemini.

Google introduces an any-input creative model starting with video.

Gemini Omni Flash is introduced for Google Flow and Flow Music, combining Gemini intelligence with generative media models for video creation and editing.

Gemini powers creative agents and no-code tools.

Google Flow gains Flow Agent for creative planning and batch work, plus natural-language Tools for building bespoke creative workflows.

Google summarizes Gemini 3.5, Omni, agents and platform expansion.

The I/O 2026 roundup frames Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, Antigravity, Spark, AI Mode, Flow and other launches as an agentic Gemini era.