Google drops temperature, top_p, and top_k for Gemini 3.6 Flash models
_philschmid · x · 2026-07-24
Google is deprecating temperature, topp, and topk for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite.
The change is documented in Google’s developer guide, which means developers using these models will need to adjust to the new generation settings rather than relying on the older sampling controls.
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