Google has announced Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model designed for speed and affordability, aiming to rival larger flagship models in coding and agentic tasks. This model is now the default for the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, and it powers the new Gemini Spark agent. While Gemini 3.5 Flash offers significant speed improvements and strong performance on specific benchmarks, Google also stated that the more powerful Gemini 3.5 Pro model is expected to be rolled out next month. AI
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IMPACT Accelerates adoption of AI agents and coding tools by offering faster, more affordable frontier-level intelligence.
RANK_REASON Google announced a new frontier model, Gemini 3.5 Flash, with performance claims and availability details.