{"slug": "google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro", "title": "Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro", "summary": "Google DeepMind on Tuesday released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, but did not include the long-anticipated Gemini 3.5 Pro. The new models focus on efficiency, latency, and reliability for AI agents, with Gemini 3.6 Flash reducing token usage by up to 17% and 3.5 Flash Cyber fine-tuned for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, available only to governments and trusted partners. Google DeepMind product lead Logan Kilpatrick said the company is testing Gemini 3.5 Pro with partners and hopes to 'land soon,' while rivals OpenAI and Anthropic have released multiple models since Google's last Pro update in February.", "body_md": "On Tuesday, Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google’s “workhorse model” that promises improved capabilities in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing token usage by up to 17%, making it cheaper than its predecessor 3.5 Flash.\n\nGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the most cost-effective model in the class, and 3.5 Flash Cyber is a specialized model that was fine-tuned for finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities at a decent price point. This model will be exclusively available to governments and trusted partners as part of a limited access pilot program, according to Google.\n\nGoogle says the focus on these releases is to deliver efficiency, latency, and reliability to customers that are building AI agents at scale.\n\nThe launch is notable not just for what Google shipped — cheaper, faster models optimized for coding, efficiency, and cybersecurity — but for what it didn’t. The update doesn’t include the long-anticipated update to Google’s flagship model, Gemini Pro, which was last updated in February.\n\nIn the time since that launch, OpenAI has released GPT-5.5 and begun rolling out [GPT-5.6](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/openai-launches-its-new-family-of-models-with-gpt-5-6/), while Anthropic has launched [Claude Opus 4.8,](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/anthropic-releases-opus-4-8-with-new-dynamic-workflow-tool/) Claude [Sonnet 5](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/anthropic-launches-claude-sonnet-5-as-a-cheaper-way-to-run-agents/), and expanded access to its frontier [Fable 5 model](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/anthropics-claude-fable-5-is-a-version-of-mythos-the-public-can-access-today/), highlighting the intense release pace of the rival labs.\n\nGoogle teased the release of Pro as part of the 3.5 Flash release in May, saying the Pro version was “already being used internally, and we look forward to rolling it out next month.” Last week, [Bloomberg reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/google-gemini-launch-delayed-as-tech-falls-short-of-internal-goals) that Google was facing internal delays in launching the 3.5 Pro as it struggled to meet internal performance goals.\n\nGemini Pro models are generally Google’s highest-capability offerings for complex reasoning and coding tasks, while Flash models prioritize lower cost and faster response times for production applications.\n\nGoogle DeepMind product lead Logan Kilpatrick [said](https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2079596160491438298) Tuesday that the company is currently testing Gemini 3.5 Pro with partners and hopes to “land soon.” He also [noted](https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2079594867161022817) that the team has started its most ambitious pre-training run yet for Gemini 4.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro/", "published_at": "2026-07-21 17:11:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 17:13:32.047031+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Google DeepMind", "Gemini 3.6 Flash", "Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite", "Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Logan Kilpatrick", "Bloomberg"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-releases-three-new-gemini-models-but-no-3-5-pro.jsonld"}}