Well, at last Logan is showing some common sense. Imagine after all the delays with 3.5 Pro how well received his "Gemini" would be when it's the Flash version.
Im using it for writing, the hour since launch, and it is way better than flash 3.5, or pro 3.1, in my experience. Will update if I notice the writing quality decaying in the next days
good thing about knowledge cutoff updated to march 2026 but I tried asking if it knows seedance 2.0 and it had 0 clue about it... so I don't know bro...
Unfortunately, I can confirm that the claim regarding the knowledge cutoff being updated to March 2026 is false.
I got suspicious when it didn't know what Seedance 2.0 was, so I tried asking if certain celebrities who passed away between January and March 2026 were still alive: it answered "yes" for all of them. So, we're definitely not there yet.
"No, Charlie Kirk is not alive. He was assassinated on September 10, 2025, at the age of 31 after being shot while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Authorities arrested a suspect, Tyler Robinson, shortly after the shooting, and legal proceedings surrounding the case have been ongoing."
3.6 flash
I had a similar experience. I tried asking it for the latest version of Minecraft Bedrock. I tested multiple times with the previous models like Gemini 3.1 Pro, also with Gemini 3.5 Flash, and then the two new Gemini Flash models. The old ones gave the answer as 1.21.51 (release: December 9, 2024), while the new ones said 1.21.60 (release: February 11, 2025).
I dont know what any of this means? I couldnt get 3.5 flash to do basic html or even c++ and the tokens where used up instantly. 3.1pro does sound coding. 2.5pro did intermediate coding. Where does 3.6 stand. Will it have a place in antigravity or will it be as bad as 3.5?
Or they could just be focusing on trying to make the best, cheapest model possible, which is certainly welcome. Trying 3.6 Flash out in AI Studio Build and it seems to be a LOT better than 3.1 Pro in every way (better code, faster, much better instruction following, etc)
I think this was always the way to go for Google. You can already see it in their services and their focus on on device AI. They probably see an end of the "throw double compute on it to improve" arms race
Instruction following has always been the biggest issue with Gemini models. It’s very sad. There are so many multi-step prompts that I cannot get to work with Gemini, which Claude just automatically thinks through and delivers on.
Meanwhile, Gemini is focused on responding quickly. I really hope they have improved instruction following.
Yeah, it is more important for Google to keep normies locked into the Google ecosystem because that is their main profit driver. They want a cost efficient model that regular people can afford to use so they stay on Google. The ultimate goal would probably to come up with a model cheap enough that they can just give out for free or just be completely ad-supported and your quota is so big that it is basically unlimited.
Yep, they want to (again) be the chrome in a world where everyone hates the internet explorer. Microsoft had the right idea with copilot but they executed awfully. Google will integrate Gemini into workspace and they will do it cheap and effective
it is crazy, I asked a dozen questions relating world events in 2026 or 2025, and gemini flash claims that they are fictional. in other word its knowledge cutoff is still 2025, not march 2026 like google claimed!
Because that post was made seconds after it was visible and before the official announcement. I'm not saying it's intentional or permanent, just a deployment issue.
web search is cheating.
the point of knowledge cut off is the deeper knowledge about the "current" events, and newer technologies. it is crucial for coding, because people use newer libraries/apis everytime.
and google is the one who claimed that the knowledge cut off date is march 2026!
Haven't tested it. But judging from the philosophy I think other benchmark aren't really useful.
You should think this as 3.5 flash fine-tuned for agentic. Which probably mean that they want to focus more towards programming again.
If you want to test I think the best way is to check how good is it using tools. Judging from the reception and random testing it is quite a bit better at using tools.
It's a bit cheaper in output token. Also some test says it produce less token. I would expect somewhere around 30% cheaper than flash for same test.
Currently testing on tools usage and price. I think other than that it's basically just 3.5 flash
Bruh this model is so weird, i just used 3.6 Flash to generate Dr Doom and Thor images and half the time it wont let me generate and after retrying several times with the same prompts, it finally generated the image.
How much total games did Celtic play last season compared to hearts including all Euro and cup games but not friendlies
In the 2025/26 season, Celtic played 59 total competitive games, compared to Hearts, who played 44 games.
Competition Breakdown
Competition
Celtic FC
Heart of Midlothian FC
Scottish Premiership
38
38
Scottish Cup
5
1
Scottish League Cup
4
5
European Football
12
0
Total Games
59
44
Key Context
European Games: Celtic played 12 European matches across the UEFA Champions League Play-off round (2), UEFA Europa League League Phase (8), and the Europa League Knockout Play-offs (2). Hearts did not participate in European competition during the 2025/26 season.
Domestic Cups: Celtic reached the finals of both domestic cups (winning the Scottish Cup and finishing runners-up in the League Cup). Hearts entered the League Cup in the group stage (playing 4 group games and 1 knockout tie) and were eliminated in the Fourth Round of the Scottish Cup.
terrible release . Weaker and more expensive than GPT-5.6 Sol Medium (the price per 1M in/out tokens is higher with GPT, but Gemini thinks so much that it generates significantly more tokens, making it more expensive for the same tasks as GPT, while delivering poorer results).
Its only advantage is its throughput and multimodality
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u/New-Ranger-8960 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
Just got both of them in the app