Google $GOOGL introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash on Thursday, a model aimed at coding and autonomous AI workflows, even as Gemini 3.5 Pro — a previously promised upgrade to its larger flagship model — has not yet materialized, according to Axios.
Gemini 3.7 Flash follows its predecessor by roughly three weeks, and Google says the new model handles coding work more effectively, pointing to gains in areas like fixing bugs, resolving issues, and generating code ready for deployment. On the FrontierCode 1.1 benchmark, 3.7 Flash scored 43.6% compared with 34.4% for its predecessor, and on DeepSWE v1.1 it scored 65.3% versus 49.0%, the company said.
The company is marketing the model to businesses developing autonomous AI systems as a cheaper alternative, Reuters reported. The company said Gemini 3.7 Flash will be priced at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through year-end — a 50% discount from what Gemini 3.6 Flash originally cost.
Beyond coding, Google said 3.7 Flash delivers improved performance in knowledge-dense fields such as finance, law, and biosciences, outperforming its predecessor on the GDP.pdf benchmark for complex document processing (34.0% versus 22.0%) and on AutomationBench, which tests real-world business workflow completion (30.4% versus 17.0%).
Google is also bringing the new model to Gemini Spark, the AI agent service it offers to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers across more than 160 countries. Google described Gemini Spark at its I/O developer conference as a personal AI agent that runs continuously on Google Cloud to complete tasks on a user’s behalf across Gmail, Google Docs, and other Workspace tools. Google said the 3.7 Flash update makes Spark more capable at multi-step workflows involving those applications.
The release comes amid leadership upheaval at Google DeepMind. The shake-up last week saw Demis Hassabis hand leadership of Google DeepMind to his deputy, Koray Kavukcuoglu, while the pair of engineers who originally led Gemini’s technical development departed to found their own venture, according to Reuters.
As for Gemini 3.5 Pro, Axios reported that Google wouldn’t say what it plans to do with the model, and given that the company has acknowledged it is already working toward Gemini 4 with promising early signals, the release of 3.5 Pro may be abandoned altogether, with Gemini 4 Pro taking its place.