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Introducing the File Search Tool in Gemini API

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The Gemini API now includes the File Search Tool. It is a fully managed RAG system that simplifies data grounding for more accurate responses. Storage and embedding generation at query time are now free; you only pay $0.15 per 1 million tokens for initial indexing. Check out the File Search documentation or the demo app in Google AI Studio to get started. Today, we're launching the File Search Tool, a fully managed RAG system built directly into the Gemini API that abstracts away the retrieval pipeline so you can focus on building. File Search provides a simple, integrated and scalable way to ground Gemini with your data, delivering responses that are more accurate, relevant and verifiable. To make File Search simple and affordable for all developers, we’re making storage and embedding generation at query time free of charge. You only pay for creating embeddings when you first index your files, at a fixed rate of $0.15 per 1 million tokens (or whatever the applicable embedding model co

Introducing the File Search Tool in Gemini API Nov 06, 2025 | x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link Ivan Solovyev Product Manager, Google DeepMind Animesh Chatterji Software Engineer, Google DeepMind Share x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link Read AI-generated summary The Gemini API now includes the File Search Tool. It is a fully managed RAG system that simplifies data grounding for more accurate responses. Storage and embedding generation at query time are now free; you only pay $0.15 per 1 million tokens for initial indexing. Check out the File Search documentation or the demo app in Goo

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