What Gemini is best at
- Students and researchers — search-grounded answers with citations
- Anyone deep in Gmail, Docs, Drive and Android
- Giant documents: the 2M context is the biggest mainstream window
Where it isn’t the answer
People who want one standalone app with personality — it shines as infrastructure, not as a companion.
Plans & pricing
FreeThe most generous frontier free tier
AI Pro · ~$20/moTop models plus Workspace integration and Veo video
The story so far
- Dec 2023Gemini 1.0 replaces Bard
- Feb 2024Gemini 1.5 introduces the million-token context
- 2025Gemini 2.x closes the quality gap; Veo video joins the app
- 2026Gemini 3.x generation; 3.1 Pro is current
Questions people actually ask
Is Gemini really free?
The free tier is the most generous of any frontier lab — real daily usage without paying, plus free API quota for developers.
What is Gemini’s context window?
2 million tokens on Pro — roughly 3,000 pages. The largest mainstream context window available in 2026.
Does Gemini work inside Gmail and Docs?
Yes — that is its biggest advantage. It drafts, summarizes and searches inside the Google apps you already use.