AI Launch Profile
Genie 4
Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 on October 27, 2026, alongside a trusted-tester research preview and a waitlist.

Googleplex in Mountain View, photographed June 17, 2019. Historical Google company-location photograph; this is not a Genie 4 world simulation, model output or product demonstration. Photo: Gregory Varnum / Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-4.0. Cropped to 16:9 and resized to 1600×900; photographic content otherwise unchanged. The cropped photograph is available under CC-BY-SA-4.0. No photographer, participant or vendor endorsement implied. Photo: Gregory Varnum; CC-BY-SA-4.0; source photograph.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- Google DeepMind
- Launch date
- October 27, 2026
- Launch type
- Model Release
- Category
- AI Models
- Audience
- Developers
- Pricing
- No event-specific numerical price was established.
- Free plan
- Not publicly confirmed
- API
- Not publicly confirmed
- Open weights/source
- Not publicly confirmed
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Evidence state
- Source-verified
- Source links
- 1
- Freshness
- Checked November 5, 2026
- Last verified
- November 5, 2026
- Last updated
- November 6, 2026
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- Definition
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- Owner
- Kingy editorial reviewer
- Freshness rule
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Kingy AI Take
Genie 4 is available through a restricted trusted-tester research preview. Join the waitlist if the simulation fits your research interests, and check the access terms when Google expands the rollout.
Who it is for
Developers
What feels promising
The preview gives selected testers access to a world-simulation system while wider access remains planned.
What feels unproven
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