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Vibe Check: Gemini 4 Argon Puts Google Back On the Frontier

A breakthrough for Google loyalists, and a great option for frontier hoppers—if they can deal with its outdated harness

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If Gemini is the only AI your company lets you use, the past year’s excitement about Claude and ChatGPT may have felt a little remote.

Google’s new Gemini 4 Argon, released today, closes that gap. After a week of testing, we think it’s a breakthrough for Google loyalists—and a model worth a look even if you already have your pick of the competition.

Six of us put Argon through coding, writing, design, and knowledge work. We found things to love, some strange habits, and a desktop app that hasn’t caught up with the model inside it.

Our day-zero Vibe Check covers:

Why Dan Shipper’s writing tests led him to rethink how he judges a model.
What Kieran Klaassen learned from asking Argon to build apps, including one that measures his heart rate through a webcam.
How Argon handled projects as different as a 3D Jerusalem and a dashboard built from subscriber surveys.

Paid members get the full benchmark results, our team’s Reach Test ratings, screenshots, and specific guidance on when to use Argon over Claude or ChatGPT.

Google users have good reason to try this one. If you’re happy with another model, our review will help you decide whether Argon does enough to earn a place beside it.

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Katie Parrott is a staff writer at Every. To read more essays like this, subscribe to Every, and follow us on X at @every and on LinkedIn.

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