# Google DeepMind — Gemini 3.6 Flash

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## Model

- Name: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Launch post: Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber — https://forck.live/items/1204-introducing-gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-and-3-5-flash-cyber
- Announced: 2026-07-21T15:16:30+00:00
- Launch source: https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-and-3-5-flash-cyber/
- Launch chosen by: a person, pinned in the model registry
- Released (per models.dev): 2026-07-21
- Listed (per OpenRouter): 2026-07-21
- Open weights: no
- Posts about it: 2
- Outlets named under its posts: 0
- OpenRouter id: google/gemini-3.6-flash — https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-3.6-flash
- Price: $1.50/1M input tokens and $7.50/1M output tokens (3.6 Flash); $0.3/1M input tokens and $2.5/1M output tokens (3.5 Flash-Lite) — from https://forck.live/items/1204-introducing-gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-and-3-5-flash-cyber

## Posts about it

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### Google DeepMind — Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Announced: 2026-07-21T15:16:30+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-and-3-5-flash-cyber/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/1204-introducing-gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-and-3-5-flash-cyber
- Subject: Gemini

Google DeepMind announces three new Gemini models: 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, with improved efficiency, lower cost, and specialized capabilities for agentic workflows.

### Google DeepMind — Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA)

- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Announced: 2026-07-21
- Category: model-update
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#07-21-2026
- Record: https://forck.live/items/24011-gemini-3-6-flash-and-gemini-3-5-flash-lite-generally-available-ga
- Subject: Gemini API

Google DeepMind has made Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available as stable, production-ready models. Gemini 3.6 Flash improves token efficiency and code and agentic planning capabilities at a lower price than 3.5 Flash, addressing developer complaints about output verbosity. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is positioned as a low-latency, cost-effective subagent option for high-volume automation tasks.

## Who reported on it

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## Where it runs

_Other companies' own announcements naming Gemini 3.6 Flash and Google DeepMind — each is that company's post, not Google DeepMind's._

### Google Antigravity — Gemini 3.6 Flash in Google Antigravity

- Company: Google Antigravity (antigravity.google)
- Announced: 2026-07-21T08:00:00+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://antigravity.google/blog/gemini-3-6-flash-in-google-antigravity
- Record: https://forck.live/items/4547-gemini-3-6-flash-in-google-antigravity
- Subject: Antigravity

Google Antigravity announces Gemini 3.6 Flash, a new model with improved coding, knowledge work, multimodal performance, and reduced token usage by up to 17% compared to 3.5 Flash.

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