Google releases Gemini 3.6 Flash as Gemini 3.5 Pro remains in testing
Ars Technica AI · rss · 2026-07-22
Ars Technica reports that Google has released Gemini 3.6 Flash and says the newer model is more capable, especially at coding and multimodal tasks.
The piece also says Gemini 3.5 Flash has already been deprecated, while the delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro is still in testing. Google frames the update as a response to user feedback and cost pressure around AI tokens, with 3.6 Flash positioned as a faster, cheaper option.
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