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Gemini 3.6 Flash

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Live — $1.50/$7.50 per 1M, cheaper than 3.5 Flash; 17% fewer output tokens. On the board as live since 2026-07-21 — the watchers keep tracking it: lineup changes, pricing moves and deprecations all alert.

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Timeline

2026-07-21

Gemini 3.6 Flash verified live — from the vendor's own announcement and catalog listingverified

2026-07-21

Gemini 3.6 Flash is live — cheaper than 3.5 Flash, and it beats Gemini 3.1 Proconfirmed

2026-07-21

We called 3.6 Flash two days early — and still couldn't have alerted you at launchpost

Worth being straight about a limitation, because it's the second time this month.

The official word

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Where to use Gemini 3.6 Flash

32 providers list Gemini 3.6 Flash in the models.dev catalog (as of 2026-10-27), under the model ids shown below.

Googlegemini-3.6-flash

Vertexgemini-3.6-flash

OpenRoutergoogle/gemini-3.6-flash

Vercel AI Gatewaygoogle/gemini-3.6-flash

302.AIgemini-3.6-flash

Abacusgemini-3.6-flash

AI/ML APIgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash

AIHubMixgemini-3.6-flash

Cloudflare AI Gatewaygoogle/gemini-3.6-flash

CommandCodegoogle/gemini-3.6-flash

Cortecsgemini-3.6-flash

CrossModelgemini/gemini-3.6-flash

Also listed by DevPass (LLM Gateway), Eden AI, GitHub Copilot, Impossibl, Kenari, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, Merge Gateway, NanoGPT, Neon, Ofox, OpenCode, OrcaRouter, Perplexity Agent, Poe, Prime Inference, Requesty, SAP AI Core, Tempr Gateway, Venice AI.

Listings cover the model family, so a provider may list a sibling tier under the same name. Check the id before you build on it.

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Gemini 3.6 Flash: quick answers

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash out?

Yes. Gemini 3.6 Flash is live and has been since July 21, 2026.

When was Gemini 3.6 Flash released?

July 21, 2026.

Who makes Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Google. ArtificialWatch also tracks Gemini 4, Nano Banana 2.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini Omni Flash and DiffusionGemma from Google.

Where can I use Gemini 3.6 Flash?

32 providers list it in the models.dev catalog, including Google, Vertex, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway and 302.AI. The exact model ids each one lists are on this page.

How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?

Google's own API lists Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash) at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, and $0.075 per million cached input tokens. Prices as published in the models.dev catalog, as of 2026-10-27.