{"id":3482,"date":"2026-09-03T00:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/google-says-its-new-gemini-3-8-flash-model-works-harder-but-might-cost-more\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T00:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:11:40","slug":"google-says-its-new-gemini-3-8-flash-model-works-harder-but-might-cost-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/google-says-its-new-gemini-3-8-flash-model-works-harder-but-might-cost-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model \u2018works harder\u2019 but might cost more"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash<\/a>, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor<\/a>. The company claims the new model \u00ab\u00a0works harder\u00a0\u00bb than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and \u00ab\u00a0calling tools iteratively.\u00a0\u00bb 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 \u00ab\u00a0the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels.\u00a0\u00bb Developers can keep using Gemini 3.7 Flash if they want to minimize token usage. <\/p>\n

Gemini 3.8 Flash’s launch was followed by some early \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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