Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash on July 21, 2026, reducing output token usage by 17% compared to version 3.5 while improving performance in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal tasks. This model offers competitive pricing at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. The Gemini Flash series maintains an aggressive release rhythm, with approximately two months between each major iteration. References to Gemini 3.7 Flash already appeared in code in August 2026, suggesting a focus on coding assistance, web development, and reasoning tasks. Gemini 3.5 Flash had achieved a benchmark score of 76.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1.
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