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Google ships Gemini 3 flash everywhere—and makes speed the default

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AI Mode has passed one billion monthly users and now runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash globally across nearly 200 countries without a subscription requirement.

When Google launched Gemini 3 Flash in December 2025, it bet that a fast, cheap model could become the default brain of Search, the Gemini app, and developer tooling. That bet compounded. Google shipped Gemini 3.1 Pro in February 2026 and Gemini 3.5 Flash in May; the latter reached general availability on July 14 and is now the default across every major Google surface.

Updated 10 hours ago