The Verge
Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Google announced Gemini 3.8 Flash, released several weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash. According to Google, the new model performs additional reasoning steps on complex tasks and calls tools iteratively compared to its predecessor. Gemini 3.8 Flash carries the same introductory pricing as Gemini 3.7 Flash at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens.
