Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google’s new default AI model, and it’s built to act, not just answer
Google has long positioned Gemini's Flash models as the faster, cheaper alternative to its flagship Pro tier. However, that changes with Gemini 3.5 Flash. Announced at I/O 2026, the new model outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks, with Google claiming that it delivers four times the speed of comparable frontier models, "often at less than half the cost. Built for agents Gemini 3.5 Flash is designed for long-horizon agentic tasks, i.e., workflows that require AI to pla...
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