Google Releases Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Updates
Google has introduced new versions of the Gemini models, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash Lite, featuring minor changes in pricing and token usage.
Google Releases Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Updates
These are minor updates; Flash now uses slightly fewer tokens and is a bit cheaper per token, priced at $7.5 per million tokens on output instead of $9. As a result, the model is somewhat cheaper but still remains quite expensive.
For 3.5 Flash Lite, prices have increased; now a million tokens on output costs $2.5 instead of $1.5. Input tokens now cost $0.3 per million tokens of any type, instead of $0.5 for audio and $0.25 for all other types. The model has become smarter, but the price for tasks measuring Artificial Analysis has doubled, from $0.04 to $0.09 per task.
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AnalysisThese updates from Google showcase the ongoing development of artificial intelligence technologies and impact the cost of using models, which is crucial for developers and companies utilizing them.
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