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Google Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro; Flash Slower, Costlier.

7/17/2026

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Google delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro, its flagship AI model, by several months.
At I/O 2026 Google unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash but missed the June Pro launch.
Bloomberg says the delay seeks better coding ability, yet a late-June data update fell short.
Engineers voiced frustration and left for rivals as Google merges coding tools under Antigravity, while users find Gemini 3.5 Flash slower and costlier than Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

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Story summary

Google delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro, its flagship AI model, by several months.
At I/O 2026 Google unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash but missed the June Pro launch.
Bloomberg says the delay seeks better coding ability, yet a late-June data update fell short.
Engineers voiced frustration and left for rivals as Google merges coding tools under Antigravity, while users find Gemini 3.5 Flash slower and costlier than Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet.