Google00:00Feature UpdatesOfficial Blog
Gemini API adds Webhooks for long-running jobs
Reduce polling overhead and build smoother async flows.
Key Points
- 1Push notifications replace polling
- 2Better ops for long and high-volume jobs
- 3Mentions Deep Research and Batch use cases
- 4Webhook endpoint design still matters
Google introduced event-driven Webhooks for the Gemini API. Apps can receive completion notifications instead of polling, improving efficiency for long tasks like Deep Research or Batch jobs. You still need solid endpoint and retry handling in your app.