Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite Reach General Availability
July 21, 2026
Google has released Gemini 3.6 Flash for complex agentic tasks and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for high-throughput, low-cost execution. Both models transition to the Interactions API, which deprecates temperature, top_p, and top_k parameters in favor of new interaction paradigms.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou must migrate to the Interactions API to access new models and avoid deprecated sampling parameters.
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founderLower token usage and reduced pricing for Flash models improve margins for high-scale agentic applications.