Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro, Gemini 4
Google has announced the release of Gemini 3.6 Flash, a new AI model that is marginally more capable and better at coding than its predecessor, Gemini 3.5 Flash. The new model has been improved in response to user feedback and has great multimodal features, with a focus on efficiency to reduce the cost of AI tokens. Google has also teased the upcoming release of Gemini 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4, with Gemini 3.5 Pro currently in testing with unnamed partners.
- ▪Gemini 3.6 Flash has been released, with improvements in coding and multimodal features.
- ▪The new model uses about 17 percent fewer tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash, making it more efficient.
- ▪Google has also released Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, which is the company's most efficient modern AI, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a model tuned specifically for cybersecurity.
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Flash forward Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4 There are new 3.6 and 3.5 models today, but Google is already training Gemini 4. Ryan Whitwam – Jul 21, 2026 12:58 pm | 30 Credit: Aurich Lawson Credit: Aurich Lawson Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Google announced a significant evolution of its AI models at I/O in May with the release of Gemini 3.5 Flash, and it’s not slowing down. The company revealed three new AI models today, including its first version of Gemini geared toward cybersecurity. However, none of the new models is the delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro, which was supposed to launch in June.
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