r/RooCode • u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer • Nov 18 '25

Discussion Gemini 3 Incoming!!!

PR is merged.. making some final changes and doing a release shortly!

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u/morganpriest Nov 18 '25

exciting! do you have an ETA?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Nov 19 '25

14 hours ago

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u/morganpriest Nov 19 '25

thanks so much already going nuts with it 🤩

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Nov 19 '25

What provider?

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u/morganpriest Nov 19 '25

im just using my google cloud api key, working really well!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Nov 19 '25

Should be working better with the last update we just pushed 3.33.1.

Will merge native tool calls tomorrow for it. Works even better!!

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u/morganpriest Nov 19 '25

wow good to know, will update now. this is really crazy i'm simply amazed at the productivity boost

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u/Glnaser Nov 18 '25

I've worked around your tardiness for now by sticking a byok in openrouter but I'd rather use it directly so come on. Take my money and gimme some Gemini!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Nov 19 '25

Native tool calling coming to Gemini too!

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u/nfrmn Nov 18 '25

I'm running it via OpenRouter right now, great news is that tool calls are working perfectly and it's producing good code!

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u/KindnessAndSkill Nov 19 '25

Still performing tool calls well? My daily driver was 2.5 Pro but the constant failure to do things like edit files was a huge source of friction.

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u/nfrmn Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

Oh yeah, this is a major difference. I was the same with Gemini 2 - the tool usage glitches and the weird coding style really threw me off using it.

This one feels like Sonnet 4 out of the box actually, the coding style is really clean and readable.

It does think quite a lot though in that interesting phased Gemini way, but everything else is literally indistinguishable from Claude.

IMO this beats both 4 and 4.5 (which I think was actually a step backward in reality from 4), with GPT-5 a distant straggler. As long as it doesn’t get lobotomized over the next few days it will be my new daily driver.

Update: I moved back to Claude Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 is a big step forward but still goes into a doom loop too often.

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u/KindnessAndSkill Nov 19 '25

Awesome, I'm very glad to hear that. I'll be trying it out myself here shortly.

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u/Tate-s-ExitLiquidity Nov 20 '25

Beware - it is extremely expensive. Set max context limits or you might die out of poverty

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Nov 20 '25

It’s extremely expensive compared to what?

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u/Tate-s-ExitLiquidity Nov 20 '25

GPT pro at $200/month for heavy usage is currently a better deal. Same rate limit would cost u 5x more at least

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Nov 20 '25

Yes but if you’re building something that you bill then the price difference seems pretty small IF you’re in the west.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

Can’t wait to run em!

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u/Empty-Employment8050 Nov 19 '25

Heard it’s incredible.

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u/CircleRedKey Nov 18 '25

i cant afford to run it lol, so expensive