18 August 2026

Google releases faster coding model three weeks after last update

Gemini 3.7 Flash shows meaningful gains in coding tasks, with performance jumping from 34.4 to 43.6 percent on one benchmark and 49 to 65.3 percent on another.
Google cut prices to half the previous rate through year-end, with input tokens at $0.75 per million, aiming to keep developers using its tools amid competition.
The new model is available only to Gemini Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini Spark agent, not in the standard chatbot interface which still uses 3.6 Flash.
Google has not released its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model despite promising it in May, and the rapid succession of Flash releases may signal the company holding back direct comparisons with OpenAI and Anthropic's latest versions.

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Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after 3.6 Flash with benchmark improvements exceeding GPT-5.6 Terra and Sonnet 5. Both versions are 50 percent off through year-end.

Reported by Ars Technica