
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model « works harder » than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and « calling tools iteratively. » It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash, $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but could still end up costing users more. Google warns that « the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels. » Developers can keep using Gemini 3.7 Flash if they want to minimize token usage.
Gemini 3.8 Flash’s launch was followed by some early …