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Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Google's fast Gemini 3-series model. It targets frontier-class multimodal understanding and agentic coding behavior at a lower cost tier than Pro.
- Modality
- Text
- License
- Proprietary (Proprietary)
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Released
- December 17, 2025
- Last verified
- September 8, 2026
- Runs locally
- No
- Also handles
- vision
Strengths
- 1M-token context window at the faster tier
- Strong agentic and coding-focused behavior for a lower-cost model
- Supports computer use, code execution, search grounding, and tool calling
Weaknesses
- Preview model — release details may keep shifting
- Closed weights
Try it
| Where | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | hosted-api | Preview access |
| Vertex AI | hosted-api | GCP enterprise |
Version history
- Gemini 3.8 Flash Sep 2026
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Jul 2026
- Gemini 3.5 Flash May 2026 Deprecated
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite May 2026 Deprecated
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview May 2026
Official sources
- Model docs docs
Change log
- — Release date corrected to 2025-12-17 from Google's deprecations page; the previous 2026-05-07 was the models page's global 'last updated' stamp. Note Google names gemini-3.6-flash as the official replacement, though the catalog chains it through Gemini 3.5 Flash.
- — Deprecated — superseded by the GA Gemini 3.5 Flash.
- — Added after verification of the Gemini 3 family rollout in current Google model docs.
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