Overview
- Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday, July 21, and made 3.6 Flash and Flash-Lite immediately available through the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise, and the Gemini app.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is positioned as the new workhorse that uses about 17% fewer output tokens than the prior Flash build and is priced at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens to lower per-task costs.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite targets high-throughput, low-cost workloads by producing roughly 350 output tokens per second and costing $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens for bulk document processing and agentic search.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber is a vulnerability-finding and patching model tuned for CodeMender and will be restricted to governments and vetted partners in a limited pilot because of dual-use risks.
- Google said Gemini 3.5 Pro remains in partner testing with no firm release date and confirmed it has begun pre-training for Gemini 4, a next-generation run that signals the company is shifting resources toward future flagship capability.