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Superseded. Google now points new work at Gemini 3.8 Flash → This record stays for anyone still running Gemini 3.7 Flash.

Google · Gemini

Gemini 3.7 Flash

A legacy Gemini API model ID that now automatically routes requests to Gemini 3.8 Flash. Google says the endpoint is not shutting down, but 3.7 is no longer selectable in AI Studio.

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What this helps you do
Decide whether Gemini 3.7 Flash is the right model for a job you have, or one to leave alone.
What you leave with
A plain read of what Gemini 3.7 Flash is for, what to avoid giving it, and the facts behind that.
What to check before trusting it
The API ID automatically routes to Gemini 3.8 Flash; it does not pin original 3.7 behaviour.
Ask Bit which of your jobs suit Gemini 3.7 Flash
The Human Bit position

Update the integration's model documentation and rerun its checks against Gemini 3.8 Flash. A working legacy ID does not preserve the original model's behaviour.

Use it for

  • Maintaining an existing API integration while testing the routed Gemini 3.8 Flash behaviour
  • Planning migration from the legacy model ID to the documented current destination
Leave it alone when

Do not treat this ID as a way to pin the original 3.7 model or compare its independent performance and price against 3.8; requests are routed to 3.8.

Effort without the jargon

Default

You need a broadly capable, fast Gemini model and will validate the output in its final workflow.

Advanced recordCost, limits, privacy and operations

The name remains accepted by the API, but it no longer selects the original model. Test the 3.8 model that now handles the request.

API cost
Depends on surfaceGoogle no longer lists a separate 3.7 Flash rate in its current main API price table. The legacy ID routes to 3.8 Flash; confirm billing for your account before relying on a historical 3.7 quote.
Context window
Officially disclosed1,048,576 input tokens
Maximum output
Officially disclosed65,536 output tokens
Knowledge cutoff
Not disclosedNot stated on the model card
Recorded inputs
Text · Images · Video · Audio · PDF
Recorded output
Text

Data handling is a product decision

Depends on surfaceData-use conditions differ by free and paid Gemini API tiers and by Google product surface; verify the live pricing and service terms for the route you use.

Operational constraints

  • The API ID automatically routes to Gemini 3.8 Flash; it does not pin original 3.7 behaviour.
  • The original model is not selectable in AI Studio. Google says the endpoint is not shutting down.
  • The limits shown describe the current 3.8 destination. Confirm current billing and rerun integration checks.

Record details

Evidence readiness
informational
Guidance confidence
moderate
Evidence revision
gemini-37-flash@v2

Unknown means the cited official record does not disclose a safe value. It is not an estimate. Prices are provider list prices in USD where stated and can change before this record's review date.

Keep the evidence separate

Canonical provider claim

Google's current deprecation register states that gemini-3.7-flash automatically routes API requests to gemini-3.8-flash. The endpoint is not shutting down, and the older model is no longer selectable in Google AI Studio.

Independent observation

No sufficiently useful independent note has been added yet. That absence is not filled with our guess.

Readiness · informational

No Human Bit result is claimed; use this as evaluation guidance only.

Human Bit test

Not scheduled

No Human Bit result is claimed for this model yet.

Sources

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