Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash with improved coding and lower introductory price

Google is announcing a new Gemini model today, but it’s not the long-awaited 3.5 Pro. Gemini 3.7 Flash is now rolling out to replace 3.6 Flash, which itself was released only three weeks ago. This new “workhorse” model is supposedly the product of core optimizations and developer feedback, offering improved coding and agentic performance. And Google is hoping to counter the lower cost of some competing models with a lower “introductory price” for 3.7 Flash.

According to Senior Director Tulsee Doshi, Gemini 3.7 Flash is noticeably better at coding than the previous Flash release. She cites a jump in the FrontierCode 1.1 Main test from 34.4 to 43.6 percent and DeepSWE v1.1 going from 49 to 65.3 percent. As for the vibes, Gemini 3.7 Flash’s WebDev Arena score has risen to 1,588 from 1,538.

People turning to Gemini and hoping it will “know” things may also see modest improvements in Gemini 3.7 Flash. The GDP.pdf benchmark, which measures how well a model can process complex documents, has gone up to 34 percent versus 22 percent with 3.6 Flash. AutomationBench tests how well models can execute common business workflows, and Gemini 3.7 Flash rose to 30.4 percent from 3.6’s 17 percent score.

Those numbers certainly are higher. But are they sufficiently different to support a new model release just three weeks after the last one? This may be more about maintaining the appearance of constant improvements in Google’s AI. Throughout 2024 and 2025, Google rapidly made up ground to rival the best AI coming out of competing AI labs. Things appear to have slowed in 2026, though. At I/O in May, Google promised that the flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro would launch in June, but that never happened.

Developers and businesses that have invested in Google’s AI tools will have to make do with a slightly better Flash model for now. Google is hoping a lower price will keep developers engaged with Gemini. Gemini 3.7 Flash will be available through the end of the year at a rate of $0.75/1M input tokens and $3.75/1M output tokens, which is half of what 3.6 Flash costs. OpenAI recently dropped the price of its GPT 5.6 models, with the Flash-like Luna version at $0.20/1M input tokens and $1.20/1M output tokens.

Given the breakneck speed with which Google has been releasing new Gemini models, it absolutely could have gotten 3.5 Pro out the door at any point this summer. The fact that we have now seen multiple Flash models edging closer to 4.0 suggests Google doesn’t want 3.5 Pro to be compared to the latest releases from OpenAI and Anthropic. Reports suggest that Gemini’s coding capabilities haven’t kept up with recent advances from other AI labs, which comes as Google is also seeing an exodus of AI talent.

Interested parties can begin using Gemini 3.7 Flash today—well, maybe. It’s live in the Gemini API, AI Studio, and Gemini Enterprise. For individuals, the availability is weirdly narrow. Gemini 3.7 Flash is now powering the Gemini Spark agent in the Gemini app, but only if you have an AI Pro or Ultra subscription. It’s not an option in the regular chatbot interface, which continues to run on 3.6 Flash for now.