Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite for production AI agents
GoogleAI · x · 2026-07-21
Google says it is introducing two new Gemini models to balance efficiency and quality for production AI agents:
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: improves coding, knowledge work, and multimodal tasks, while using substantially fewer tokens per task.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: the fastest and most cost-effective 3.5-class model yet, tuned for agentic workflows and reaching about 350 output tokens/sec with improved coding and overall quality.
Google says developers can start using both models now through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, and they are also available in the Gemini app.
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