Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite Introduced
On July 21, 2026, Google announced three new Gemini models at once: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and the defense-focused Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The theme of the announcement is clear: not higher scores, but getting the same job done with fewer tokens. As agentic workflows move into production, the bill is driven less by how smart a model is and more by how many tokens that intelligence burns. Google aimed straight at that. Here are the details. ...