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21 JUL 2026 · Hacker News · 134 pts

The Gemini 3.6 Flash model is now available, offering stronger performance on complex agentic and multimodal tasks, reduced token usage, and lower pricing compared to the 3.5 Flash model. Additionally, the 3.5 Flash-Lite model, the fastest and lowest-cost model in the 3.5 family, has been updated with improved performance for high-throughput execution. These models are now the recommended choice for access to the latest features and models, replacing the deprecated temperature, top_p, and top_k parameters. AI summary