The Google-Native Agent That Can See and Act
Gemini 3.8 Flash reached general availability on September 2, 2026 and is Google’s current default fast model. Gemini 3.7 Flash, general availability August 13, became the previous generation twenty days after it arrived. Google describes 3.8 Flash as “our most intelligent workhorse model, delivering significant improvements from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and critical, multi-step reasoning,” which is close enough to the line it used for 3.7 Flash to make the point that the superlative is recycled and therefore distinguishes nothing. Build on an explicit model ID such as gemini-3.8-flash, never on the gemini-flash-latest alias. The money dates still outrank the launch: Gemini 3.8, 3.7 and 3.6 Flash all sit on the same promotional pricing of $0.75 per 1M input and $3.75 per 1M output tokens through December 31, 2026, and that rate doubles on January 1, 2027. The withdrawn October 16 shutdown of the Gemini 2.5 family has stayed withdrawn. Google is connecting that intelligence to Search, Workspace, Android, Maps, multimodal creation and native computer use, turning its information ecosystem into an action layer.
One intelligence layer across Google’s working surfaces
Gemini is not one chat product. It is a family of models and experiences spanning Search, the Gemini app, Workspace, Android, developer tools and creative systems.
Fast, multimodal and connected
Gemini is strongest when the work combines current information, visual or audio context and a Google service that can help finish the task.
- Search and Maps grounding
- Text, image, voice and video
- Consumer, enterprise and developer surfaces
Information-rich action
Use Gemini for current research, Workspace creation, Android assistance, proactive monitoring and agents that need to see and operate interfaces.
- Research and generative UI
- Gmail, Docs, Slides and Sheets
- Browser, mobile and desktop automation
The context already lives with Google
Gemini has a structural advantage when the task begins in Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, Maps, YouTube or a Google developer environment.
- Less context transfer
- Live information
- One model family across many surfaces
Two Flash generations in three weeks, and a deadline nobody confirmed
On September 2, 2026 Google took Gemini 3.8 Flash to general availability, twenty days after 3.7 Flash reached the same status. The docs now demote 3.7 Flash to “Our previous-generation Flash model for complex coding, agentic workflows, and reliable multi-step execution.” Pricing did not move: 3.8, 3.7 and 3.6 Flash carry identical promotional rates that double on January 1, 2027. Computer use, which this guide reported in August as confirmed only on 3.5 Flash, has been extended: the documentation now names 3.8 Flash as the recommended model, and lists 3.7 Flash and 3.5 Flash too. Gemini 3.6 Flash is still absent from that list. Gemini 3.5 Pro is still not generally available, three and a half months past the “next month” Google promised on May 19. And two shutdown dates are behaving badly in opposite directions: the withdrawn Gemini 2.5 shutdown is still withdrawn, while the robotics model that was due to stop serving on August 31 has no first-party confirmation that it did.
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview actually shut down on August 31, 2026; three days later three Google pages still present it as liveGemini 3.8 Flash GA September 2
The current default fast model. Google’s launch post calls it “our most intelligent workhorse model, delivering significant improvements from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and critical, multi-step reasoning,” and the docs describe it as “Our most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows.” It has a 1M-token context window and a 64k maximum output. Its knowledge cutoff is not published anywhere we could reach, so this guide states none.
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gemini-3.8-flash - Same promotional pricing as 3.7 and 3.6 Flash, including the January 1, 2027 doubling
- Now the recommended model for computer use, per the September 2 docs update
- No published knowledge cutoff: do not guess one for a client
Gemini 3.7 Flash Previous generation
Generally available August 13, superseded September 2. The docs now describe it as “Our previous-generation Flash model for complex coding, agentic workflows, and reliable multi-step execution.” Its model card gives a 1,048,576-token input limit, a 65,536-token output limit and a March 2026 knowledge cutoff. It is still listed for computer use, and its pricing is identical to 3.8 Flash.
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gemini-3.7-flashif you are staying on it - No forced migration to 3.8 Flash has been announced
- Listed for computer use, unlike 3.6 Flash
- Same promotional rate, same January 1 step-up
The recycled superlative Read this before you quote Google
At its August 13 launch Google called Gemini 3.7 Flash “our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents,” and that line still appears verbatim in the changelog. Three weeks later near-identical framing belongs to 3.8 Flash. The words were accurate on both days and distinguishing on neither. Treat a vendor superlative as a marketing constant, and take the differences from the model card, the price table and your own traces.
- The same superlative has now covered three Flash generations
- Quote it with its date attached or not at all
- Benchmark the models yourself rather than reading the adjectives
Gemini 3.6 Flash Two generations back
The July 21 default, still listed as stable and still on exactly the same promotional pricing as 3.7 and 3.8 Flash. Its distinguishing claim travels with it: Google wrote that “according to the Artificial Analysis Index, it reduces output token usage by 17% compared to 3.5 Flash.” It is the one recent Flash model absent from the computer-use list.
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gemini-3.6-flashif you are staying on it - The 17 percent figure is the Artificial Analysis Index, cited by Google, not a Google benchmark
- Not listed for computer use as of the September 2 docs update
- Same promotional rate, same January 1 step-up
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite GA July 21
The high-throughput, low-cost tier. Google reports roughly 350 output tokens per second. List price is $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, and it is listed for computer use.
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gemini-3.5-flash-lite - Volume classification and extraction
- Test quality before you route traffic
Gemini 3.5 Flash Still stable
The May 19 model has not been withdrawn through three newer defaults: 3.6 Flash in July, 3.7 Flash in August and 3.8 Flash in September. It is priced separately from the promotional Flash tier, at $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9.00 per 1M output tokens, and the computer-use docs list it as a previous stable model.
- No forced migration announced
- Costs more per output token than 3.8, 3.7 or 3.6 Flash on the promotional rate
- Move deliberately, not reflexively
Gemini 3.5 Pro Three and a half months overdue
On May 19, 2026 Google said Pro was “already being used internally, and we look forward to rolling it out next month.” That month was June. On September 3, 2026 it is still absent from the models page and the pricing page, and the May post remains the only first-party statement of a date. On July 21 Google said only that it is testing with partners and will be broadly available when ready.
- Three and a half months past the stated window
- Do not promise availability or a date
- Keep a Flash model as the current default
Computer use Extended, with one gap
The computer-use documentation, last updated September 2, 2026, now names Gemini 3.8 Flash as “The recommended model for computer use, featuring high-accuracy UI interaction and reliable tool calling.” It also lists Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash as previous stable models, plus Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3 Flash Preview and the legacy gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025. Gemini 3.6 Flash is not listed. The gap this guide flagged in August has closed for 3.7 Flash and opened wider for 3.6.
- 3.8 Flash is the recommended model
- 3.7 Flash, 3.5 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite are listed
- 3.6 Flash is still not listed: check the ID you pin
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber Fairwind only
The cyber model moved up three generations, from Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber to Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, and changed its access route on September 2, 2026. It is “only available to trusted defenders who require a more comprehensive set of cyber capabilities,” now gated by the new Fairwind Program, “a limited access program for governments and trusted partners to use our cyber defense tools.” CodeMender remains the tooling layer: Google says “CodeMender with Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber delivers the specialized reasoning to write and validate code fixes, at a fraction of the operating cost.” Google Cloud customers outside Fairwind can still use CodeMender with publicly available models through the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
- Not a purchasable capability
- The Fairwind page does not mention Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber at all, so its fate is unconfirmed
- CodeMender is available more widely than the cyber model is
| Shutdown date | Model | Replacement named by Google |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2026 (passed, unconfirmed) | gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview | gemini-robotics-er-2-preview, though three Google pages still present the 1.6 preview as live |
| September 30, 2026 | gemini-omni-flash-preview | gemini-omni-1.1-flash |
| October 2, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-image | gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview |
Gemini’s advantage is the stack around the model
Each surface contributes a different kind of context: Search knows the live web, Workspace knows the work, Android knows the moment and the API turns the model into a building block. Late August added three model-level capabilities to that stack and one Workspace drop, while the consumer Gemini Drop cadence quietly stopped.
Gemini app
Conversation, connected apps, multimodal input, Daily Brief and emerging personal agents.
Search AI Mode
Live web grounding, information agents, Maps and custom generative interfaces.
Google Workspace
Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet and organizational content.
Gemini Notebook
Source-grounded notebooks, audio and video overviews, reports and study tools. Renamed from NotebookLM on July 16, 2026, with a secure cloud computer for code execution and sync with the Gemini app.
Gemini API
Model access, built-in tools, computer use and application-specific agents.
Antigravity
Agent-first development with artifacts, plans, screenshots and execution evidence.
Android
Camera, voice, notifications, connected apps and contextual assistance close to the moment of work. At Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, 2026 Google said Gemini Intelligence task automation now reaches more than 40 apps, with Gemini Notebook preinstalled on the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Gemini on the Galaxy Watch 9.
Omni, Veo and image tools
Image and video creation connected to Gemini reasoning and the wider Google ecosystem.
Agentic video understanding
Google introduced agentic video understanding for Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. Google claims up to 88% fewer tokens, 66% lower cost and 7% better accuracy, at no extra charge. Those are Google’s figures, published in its own announcement, not an independent measurement: quote them as vendor claims and test them on your own footage before you rebuild a pipeline around the savings.
Gemini Omni Flash reached GA
The generally available model ID is gemini-omni-1.1-flash, adding video extension, interpolation and configurable resolution at 360p, 720p, 1080p and 4k. The preview endpoint it replaces, gemini-omni-flash-preview, is the model shutting down on September 30, 2026, so anything still pointing at the preview has weeks, not months.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe reached GA
Two model IDs, gemini-3.5-transcribe and gemini-3.5-transcribe-live, with support for 85 or more languages, speaker diarization and custom vocabulary biasing. Batch and live transcription are separate IDs, so pick deliberately rather than assuming one covers both.
The August Workspace Feature Drop
Screenshots in Meet notes, automatic organization of meeting artifacts in Drive, quiz generation in Forms, Workspace Studio skills invoked by @mention, and enterprise security controls in Studio Flows. Workspace features arrive by edition and admin policy, so confirm eligibility before you describe any of these as available to your organization.
There is no August or September Gemini Drop
The July 31, 2026 drop is still the most recent one. The expected August Drop URL returns a 404 and no September edition exists as of the September 3, 2026 check. A monthly cadence that skips a month is worth recording rather than assuming a missed page: do not describe the Gemini Drop as monthly without the caveat, and do not wait on it as a release channel.
New connected apps and services
Google added Granola, Otter.ai, Wix, OpenTable (UK), Ticketmaster, Zocdoc and others to the Gemini app’s connected apps on August 12, 2026. Every connector widens what the assistant may read and act on, so treat the list as a permissions decision rather than a feature announcement.
| Surface | Context it owns | Best outcome | Availability caution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini app | Personal conversation and connected apps | Everyday help and proactive assistance | Features vary by plan, language and region |
| Search AI Mode | Live web, shopping and Maps | Grounded answer or interactive interface | Generative UI and agents roll out over time |
| Workspace | Organizational mail, files and meetings | Native work artifact | Edition and admin policy matter; the August 26 feature drop is the current reference point |
| Gemini Notebook | Curated user source set | Source-grounded learning and briefing | The cloud computer is on AI Ultra and Workspace Expanded Access; Google’s July 16, 2026 post promised Pro on the web in coming weeks, not confirmed as shipped as of the September 3, 2026 check |
| API / Antigravity | Developer-defined tools and environment | Custom agent or software workflow | Requires safety and permission design |
| Android | Device, camera and contextual moment | Personal assistance and action | Hardware and rollout vary |
Google is turning Search and the device into persistent workers
The Gemini 3.5 through 3.8 line is designed to sustain work rather than only answer prompts. Spark, background information agents and computer use show Google’s attempt to make intelligence persistent across time and interfaces, while most of those surfaces are still limited, regionally excluded or unconfirmed.
Gemini Spark Not in the UK or EEA
A personal agent intended to help across the digital day. The July Gemini Drop framed the release as “Gemini Spark is going global... now available worldwide.” Google’s support page states the real list: “Available wherever Gemini Apps are supported, except in the European Economic Area, Nigeria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.” Read the exclusion list, not the headline.
- “Worldwide” with four named exclusions
- Unavailable to readers in the UK, the EEA, Switzerland and Nigeria
- Do not build a UK or EU workflow on it
Computer use Now on 3.8 Flash
Announced June 24, 2026 on Gemini 3.5 Flash and since extended. As of the September 2, 2026 docs update Gemini 3.8 Flash is the recommended model, with 3.7 Flash, 3.5 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3 Flash Preview and a legacy 2.5 preview also listed. Gemini 3.6 Flash is not on the list, so an agent routed there cannot be assumed to have the capability.
- 3.8 Flash recommended, 3.7 Flash listed
- 3.6 Flash still absent from the supported list
- Verify support against the ID you pin, every time
Managed agents July 28
Google: “Managed agents are now available on free tier projects. Developers can experiment with agentic workflows using an API key from a project without active billing.” The same post says the antigravity-preview-05-2026 agent runs Gemini 3.6 Flash by default, which is one specific agent rather than a platform-wide default, and notes model selection across 3.5 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite. Nothing published since has changed that agent’s default, through two subsequent Flash launches.
- No active billing needed to experiment
- The 3.6 Flash default belongs to one preview agent
- Check which model each agent actually runs
Agentic video understanding September 1
Google’s newest agentic capability applies to Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Google says it costs nothing extra. Google claims up to 88% fewer tokens, 66% lower cost and 7% better accuracy. Note which models are named: the flagship 3.8 Flash is not among them in the announcement.
- Vendor figures, attributed to Google
- Named for 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite
- Validate the savings on your own video before repricing a pipeline
Information agents in Search
Agents can monitor ongoing information needs and report changes with links for deeper action.
- Repeated research
- Alerts and monitoring
- Source review remains necessary
Daily Brief
The Gemini app can bring together timely personal information into a proactive morning view.
- Reduce manual checking
- Depends on connected context
- Review privacy and relevance
Generative interfaces
Search can create a purpose-built interface or simulation instead of forcing every answer into prose. Google promised this for everyone in Search “this summer” on May 19, 2026; no later post confirms that it shipped, and the summer it named has effectively run out.
- Promised, not confirmed
- Interactive decision support
- Generated logic still needs testing
Android Halo
A status-bar surface that shows agent activity, announced May 19, 2026 in preview and described as rolling out later this year. It is a visibility surface, not a management console, and nothing further has been published since May 19 as of the September 3, 2026 check.
- Agent activity, not agent control
- Announced in preview
- Rollout status matters
Gemini is joining reasoning and media production
Google’s creative stack matters because it can connect a source-rich research process directly to image, video and presentation outputs, without reducing creativity to a single model name. Late August moved two of those pieces from preview to general availability.
Gemini Omni Flash GA August 27
The multimodal creation model reached general availability as gemini-omni-1.1-flash on August 27, 2026, adding video extension, interpolation and configurable resolution at 360p, 720p, 1080p and 4k. The preview endpoint it succeeds shuts down on September 30, 2026.
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gemini-omni-1.1-flash, not the preview - Choose the resolution the channel needs before you generate
- Anything still calling the preview has a hard September 30 deadline
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe GA August 26
Speech-to-text reached general availability in two forms, gemini-3.5-transcribe and gemini-3.5-transcribe-live, covering 85 or more languages with speaker diarization and custom vocabulary biasing. Vocabulary biasing is the feature that makes internal product names and people’s names survive a transcript.
- Separate IDs for batch and live
- Diarization for multi-speaker recordings
- Bias the vocabulary before you judge accuracy
Nano Banana family
Google’s image-generation tools support rapid visual iteration and personalized creation across Gemini experiences.
- Image generation and editing
- Fast creative exploration
- Check text, likeness and rights
Veo and Flow
Google’s video stack supports cinematic clips and scene-oriented workflows beyond a single generated shot.
- Storyboard the intent
- Use references and continuity
- Plan for post-production
Slides and Workspace
Gemini can help move research and narrative into presentation form inside the same organizational environment. The August 26 Workspace Feature Drop adds Meet notes screenshots, automatic meeting-artifact organization in Drive and Forms quiz generation.
- Use brand templates
- Link claims to sources
- Confirm edition eligibility for each drop feature
Gemini Notebook briefing outputs
Audio, video, reports, quizzes and other outputs turn a curated source set into multiple learning formats. Google reports more than 30 million users and over 600,000 organizations on the product.
- Source-grounded transformation
- Useful for enablement
- Keep audience needs explicit
Google Vids July 16
Vids gained Gemini Omni clip generation and personal avatars built from a selfie and a voice sample, watermarked with SynthID. Google lists it for Google AI Pro and Ultra plus Workspace business editions.
- Check plan eligibility first
- Get written consent for any likeness
- Disclose synthetic presenters
Generative UI
Custom charts, tools and simulations are a new kind of creative output for questions that need interaction. Google promised general Search availability “this summer” on May 19; treat it as promised, not shipped.
- Explain complex systems
- Let users explore variables
- Test the generated behavior
Using the research notebook and brand system, create three campaign territories. For each, provide the strategic idea, hero image direction, six-second video beat and the evidence that makes the concept credible.
Turn this Gemini Notebook source set into an executive presentation. Keep one claim per slide, cite the exact source behind each claim and use our approved Slides theme.
Build an interactive comparison tool for these options using current Search and Maps data. Let the user change budget, distance and priority, and show how the recommendation changes.
Inspect every generated visual for inaccurate text, impossible product details, misleading data or implied claims that the source material does not support.
Nine habits for using Gemini as an ecosystem
The winning behavior is choosing the right context surface, pinning what you build on and preserving the evidence as work moves toward action.
Start in the context owner
Use Search, Workspace, Gemini Notebook, Android or the API according to where the evidence lives.
Ask for grounding
Use live Search and Maps when current external reality matters. The free grounding allowance is shared across Gemini 3.x models, so budget it once.
Curate when authority matters
Use Gemini Notebook or a controlled source set instead of the whole web.
Use the actual modality
Give Gemini the image, video, voice or screen state rather than describing it poorly.
Separate prepare from act
Let Gemini draft first; require approval before consequential external actions.
Name the surface and plan
Availability differs across app, Search, Workspace, API, region and subscription.
Preserve source links
Keep live information attached as it moves into a document, deck or decision.
Discount the superlatives
Google has now called three Flash generations its most intelligent workhorse model. Compare model cards, prices and your own traces instead.
Pin the model, not the alias
Name gemini-3.8-flash or another explicit ID. Aliases move on Google’s schedule, not yours.
An ecosystem this broad is easy to overstate
Gemini features arrive across products, plans and regions at different times. The most common publishing mistake is turning a limited preview into a universal capability statement. The second most common is trusting a documentation page to describe the present.
Rollout fragmentation
Plan, region, language, hardware and Workspace edition can all change access.
Grounding errors
A cited Search result can still be misunderstood, stale or weaker than the claim.
Computer-use risk
Interfaces can contain malicious instructions, unexpected prompts and sensitive information. Support also varies by model: 3.8 Flash is recommended, 3.6 Flash is not listed at all.
Background-agent drift
Long-running monitoring needs a clear objective, notification policy and stop condition.
Personal versus work context
Connected apps and device context can cross boundaries employees or administrators did not intend.
Generated media truth
Visual quality does not guarantee accurate text, products, scenes or implied evidence.
Product-name churn
Build guidance around durable workflows, with dated model notes, rather than temporary launch labels. NotebookLM became Gemini Notebook on July 16, 2026.
The superlative is a constant
Google called 3.6 Flash, then 3.7 Flash, then 3.8 Flash a version of “our most intelligent workhorse model.” A phrase reused across three generations cannot distinguish any of them. Take differences from the model card and the price table, and never let a vendor adjective carry a recommendation.
Announced is not available
Spark, Gemini 3.5 Pro, the cyber models and generative UI must retain their actual rollout state. Spark is the sharpest case: Google’s support page, checked September 3, 2026, still excludes the European Economic Area, Nigeria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
A shutdown date can be withdrawn
In early August Google’s deprecations page dated the whole Gemini 2.5 family to October 16, 2026, then removed it. Re-checked September 3, all three models still read “No shutdown date announced.” Re-read the table before every publication; a date you recorded once can move in either direction.
A shutdown date can also pass unconfirmed
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview was scheduled to shut down on August 31, 2026. Three days later the deprecations page still lists it as a future shutdown, the models page still lists it with no deprecation mark, and the robotics overview still says the model “will be shut down at the end of August.” Nothing confirms it executed. Report the passed date and the disagreement, not an outcome.
Documentation lags its own product
Seventeen days after the Imagen 4 models stopped serving, the Imagen documentation page still reads “deprecated and will shut down on August 17, 2026” in the future tense and still serves code examples. A reference page describes the moment it was written. When it disagrees with a dated announcement, the announcement wins.
Whose benchmark is it
Google attributes the 17 percent output-token reduction for 3.6 Flash to the Artificial Analysis Index. The 88 percent token, 66 percent cost and 7 percent accuracy figures for agentic video are Google’s own. Keep each attribution attached to the party that produced it.
Alias drift
No first-party Google page documents which model gemini-flash-latest serves today. The last documented switch in the release notes was January 21, 2026, to gemini-3-flash-preview, and Google’s stated policy is a hot swap with two weeks of email notice. Pin an explicit model ID. The Grok guide records the same failure as completed history: on August 5, 2026 grok-voice-latest rerouted to a model costing 60 percent more per minute of audio, with no action by the customer.
A missing cadence is information
There is no August or September Gemini Drop. The expected August URL 404s and July 31, 2026 remains the most recent edition. Do not present the drop as a reliable monthly channel, and do not assume a skipped month means the page simply moved.
Slipped timelines
Gemini 3.5 Pro was described on May 19, 2026 as rolling out the next month and on July 21 as testing with partners. It is now three and a half months past that window and still absent from the models and pricing pages. Re-check announced dates before you repeat them.
| Claim type | Before publishing | Safe wording |
|---|---|---|
| Model default | Check the official model release page | “Default in the Gemini app as of…” |
| Model identifier | Check the release notes for the last documented alias change | Name the pinned model ID and its GA date, never an alias |
| Vendor superlative | Check whether the same phrase covered the previous model | Quote it with the date and the model it was written about |
| New agent | Check plan, region and tester status | “Rolling out to…” or “available to…” |
| Workspace feature | Check edition and admin controls | Name the Workspace surface and eligibility |
| Computer use | Check the supported-model list, not the original announcement | Name the model IDs the documentation actually lists |
| Creative capability | Check model, product and output availability | Separate announced model from shipping user feature |
| Model lifespan | Re-read the deprecations page rather than trusting a date you recorded earlier | Give the shutdown date, the named replacement and the date you read the page |
| An executed shutdown | Look for a page that says it happened, not one that says it will | Say the date passed and name the pages that still disagree |
| Regional availability | Read the exclusion list, not the launch framing | Name the excluded regions in the same sentence as the launch |
First-party evidence behind this guide
These dated Google announcements anchor the September 3 edition. Google’s model lineup moves across the app, Search and the API at different speeds, so a claim true of one surface is not automatically true of another. Four entries are living reference pages rather than articles, cited with the date they were read: the deprecations table is the only authoritative record of when a model stops serving, the pricing page is the only place the promotional rate and its January 1, 2027 expiry appear, the computer-use documentation is the only list of which models support it, and the Spark support page carries the current exclusion list. Three claims here have no citable stable article behind them. The general availability of gemini-omni-1.1-flash on August 27 and of the Gemini 3.5 Transcribe models on August 26 come from Google’s API release notes, and the January 21, 2026 switch of gemini-flash-latest to gemini-3-flash-preview comes from the same page. Release notes are rewritten in place, so they cannot anchor a dated claim here; a reader who needs to rely on any of the three should confirm it directly.
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