July 21, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA): Released stable, production-ready versions of our latest 3.x Flash models:

• Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash): Features improved token efficiency and code/agentic planning capabilities at a lower price point than 3.5 Flash, resolving developer feedback around output verbosity.
• Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (gemini-3.5-flash-lite): Offers a low-latency, highly cost-effective subagent option designed for high-volume automation.

Deprecated parameters: The sampling parameters temperature, top_p and top_k are now deprecated.