Google’s next generation of Gemini is here to get some work done

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• Google’s Gemini AI models have graduated to version 2.0.
• Beyond just performance upgrades, Gemini 2.0 aims to enhance functionality through access to external tools.
• Agentic AI systems built with Gemini 2.0 promise complex problem-solving skills.

A little over a year ago, we entered the era of Gemini. Google’s ever-evolving AI aspirations picked up their latest branding as the company announced its set of Gemini 1.0 models. It only took another month to start moving into Gemini 1.5 territory, and recently we’ve been hearing rumors about when Google might cross the big 2.0 threshold. It looks like those predictions of a December launch were right on the money, as Google introduces Gemini 2.0, designed for the age of agentic AI.

Starting today, you can start trying out the new Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental model. This release delivers not just some big speed improvements over 1.5, but also big upgrades to the model’s ability to generate multimodal output, merging text, audio, and imagery. Devs are getting early access to some of its advanced modes now, but even you can give it a spin by choosing the chat optimized version of Gemini 2.0 Flash with Gemini on the web — and coming soon to the app.




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