Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model "works harder" than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and "calling tools iteratively." It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but could still end up costing users more. Google warns that "the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels."
Google also released Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber alongside its new Fairwind Program, limited to governments and "trusted partners." The program, with 650 members including CrowdStrike and the Center for Internet Security, offers access to 3.8 Flash Cyber and Google's CodeMender agent, which can autonomously find and fix vulnerabilities.
The model outperforms its predecessor and competitors on the DeepSWE v1.1 software engineering benchmark, Vals Finance Agent V2 benchmark, and Harvey's Legal Agent benchmark. It also ships with safeguards against misuse in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) and cyber offense domains. Gemini 3.8 Flash is available now for consumers with a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription, as well as developers and enterprise users.