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Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash with advanced reasoning capabilities
The Verge AI Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, a budget-friendly model designed to perform iterative tool use and more complex reasoning steps than its predecessor.
Why it matters
The new model can handle more complex, multi-step tasks, but its deeper reasoning process means it may use more tokens and cost more to run in practice.
Latest brief · Sep 3, 2026