18 August 2026

Google releases faster coding model, delays flagship update

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash three weeks after version 3.6, with coding test scores jumping notably: FrontierCode improved from 34.4 to 43.6 percent, DeepSWE from 49 to 65.3 percent.
The company cut the model's price in half through year-end to $0.75 per million input tokens, competing with OpenAI's cheaper GPT 5.6 Luna option at $0.20 per million input tokens.
The faster release cycle and focus on incremental Flash improvements suggest Google has delayed its promised flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model, originally expected in June.

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Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after 3.6, showing benchmark improvements that surpass GPT-5.6 Terra and Sonnet 5. Both versions are 50% off through year-end.

Reported by Ars Technica