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Models2026-06-09 · source-backed
GA and stable for production across the Gemini API, Enterprise, and Antigravity, and now the default in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search globally. Google pitches frontier-level intelligence at ~4x the speed of comparable models, priced at $1.50/$9 per 1M tokens, 1M-token context, and 76.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1, beating the larger Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agents. A smaller-faster model outscoring the big one on agentic coding is the trend worth watching. The frontier is getting cheaper to run, not just smarter.
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Microsoft unveiled MAI-Code-1-Flash at Build, its first model that turns written descriptions into source code for apps and websites, explicitly aimed at lowering developer costs and cutting its dependence on OpenAI (CNBC). Same week, Google pushed Gemini 3.5 Flash to general...
Google launched agentic video understanding across Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite (Google). Instead of scanning a video start to finish at a fixed sample rate, the model runs an internal loop deciding what to watch, at what speed, and through which channel: fra...
Google DeepMind shipped computer use as a built-in tool inside Gemini 3.5 Flash on June 24, collapsing the standalone Oct-2025 computer-use model into the same model you already use for function calling, Search grounding, and Maps. One agent sees a screen, clicks, types, and l...
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) generates images in as little as four seconds and is live in AI Studio, the Gemini API, AI Mode, and the Gemini app. Gemini Omni Flash entered public preview for video generation and conversational editing at $0.10 per second, m...
Google pushed Flash to general availability and rolled out Gemini in Chrome (Windows/Mac for AI Pro/Ultra in the US), Gemini Omni globally to subscribers 18+, and a US Daily Brief (Google Gemini). The Flash GA is the builder-relevant piece: frontier-ish quality at speed and pr...
A June 18 model-tracking roundup reports Google set Gemini 2.5 Flash as the default across its consumer Gemini products, prioritizing latency and cost. This is single-source as of writing, so flag it pending the official Gemini blog, but it lines up with Google's other June 18...
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