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Not out yet. Google hasn't released Gemini Helix; the latest signal, on November 10, 2026: A Google engineer's public side project maps Gemini 4 Hydrogen to the Flash tier and an unannounced Gemini 4 Helix to Flash-Lite. What we know so far: rumored, not announced; Nov 10: a public GitHub commit (04:20 UTC) in a personal Docker project for Google's Antigravity, whose owner's profile says he works at Google, routes the flashLite tier to gemini-4-helix-medium, -high, -tiered and gemini-4-helix (fallback gemini-3.5-flash-lite) and the flash tier to gemini-4-hydrogen ids; its tests use the display name 'Gemini 4 Helix (Medium)'; flagged by @LuminaBench (19:45 UTC), who notes Helix breaks the element naming; a side project, not a Google source; Google has said nothing, and at 19:55 UTC no helix id is on the Gemini API models page or OpenRouter; this hunt fires on any gemini id containing helix. Swept every 60 seconds across provider catalogs. The moment it answers on a public API, alerts fire: a text or a call on paid plans the second it's confirmed, then a free Chrome push and email about 15 minutes later.

An email when Gemini Helix answers on a public API, about 15 minutes after members, plus every frontier launch · no card

Timeline

2026-11-10

A Google engineer's public side project maps Gemini 4 Hydrogen to the Flash tier and an unannounced Gemini 4 Helix to Flash-Litepost

A commit in a public GitHub project names two unannounced Gemini 4 models and the tiers they fill: Gemini 4 Hydrogen as Flash and Gemini 4 Helix as Flash-Lite. The project is a personal Docker setup for Google's Antigravity coding tool, and the account's GitHub profile says its owner works at Google.

The official word

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Gemini Helix: quick answers

Is Gemini Helix out yet?

Not yet. ArtificialWatch has not seen Gemini Helix answer on any public API it sweeps. The moment it does, subscribers get an alert.

Who makes Gemini Helix?

Google. ArtificialWatch also tracks Gemini 4 Carbon, Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, Gemini 4, Nano Banana 2.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite from Google.