Gemini✓ ReviewedAnnounced 13 August 2026Reviewed 22 October 2026Gemini 3.7 Flash was Google's workhorse for three weeks. It is now deprecated in favour of 3.8 Flash.
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Gemini 3.7 Flash was Google's workhorse for three weeks. It is now deprecated in favour of 3.8 Flash.
Google named Gemini 3.7 Flash its most intelligent workhorse model for coding and agents, the successor to 3.6 Flash. Three weeks later Gemini 3.8 Flash took that title. Google has since marked 3.7 Flash deprecated and routes its API requests to 3.8 Flash, so check which model your integration actually reaches.
What changed
Google announced Gemini 3.7 Flash on 13 August 2026 as its most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents, describing advanced reasoning at Flash-level latency and scale and the next iteration in the Gemini 3 series of natively multimodal reasoning models. At launch Google described availability across the Gemini app, AI Mode in Google Search, Google AI Studio, the Gemini API and Gemini Enterprise, and reported large coding-benchmark gains over 3.6 Flash. Original 3.7 is no longer selectable in Google AI Studio; the legacy API ID does not preserve that model. It launched at the same published API rate as 3.6 Flash, with the same step-up scheduled for 1 January 2027, and 3.6 Flash remains available. Since 2 September 2026 Google's model list has described 3.7 Flash as its previous-generation Flash model, and its model page now marks it deprecated and replaced by Gemini 3.8 Flash, with requests automatically routed to gemini-3.8-flash. The main API pricing table no longer lists a separate 3.7 Flash rate.
Why it matters
A working legacy ID can hide a model change. Your integration now reaches 3.8 Flash, not original 3.7, so its launch benchmarks and historical price do not establish the behaviour or bill you will get today. Test the current destination and confirm current billing before changing production.
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- Google announced Gemini 3.7 Flash on 13 August 2026 as its most intelligent workhorse model for coding and agents and the successor to Gemini 3.6 Flash. Google's 3.7 Flash model page now marks it deprecated and replaced by Gemini 3.8 Flash, with requests automatically routed to gemini-3.8-flash, and the main API pricing table no longer lists a separate 3.7 Flash rate. 3.6 Flash and 3.8 Flash share one published rate, US$0.75 input and US$3.75 output per million tokens through 31 December 2026, stepping up to US$1.50 and US$7.50 on 1 January 2027.Reviewed
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[gemini-37-flash-fact; official_fact; product_fact; reviewed 2026-10-22; sources: Google Gemini Developer API pricing page (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing); Google Gemini 3.7 Flash deprecation and routing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.7-flash)] Google announced Gemini 3.7 Flash on 13 August 2026 as its most intelligent workhorse model for coding and agents and the successor to Gemini 3.6 Flash. Google's 3.7 Flash model page now marks it deprecated and replaced by Gemini 3.8 Flash, with requests automatically routed to gemini-3.8-flash, and the main API pricing table no longer lists a separate 3.7 Flash rate. 3.6 Flash and 3.8 Flash share one published rate, US$0.75 input and US$3.75 output per million tokens through 31 December 2026, stepping up to US$1.50 and US$7.50 on 1 January 2027.
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