Gemini 3.5 Flash: Try Google's New AI Model Free Now

Google just launched its new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, which is available now for free to billions of people globally. This new AI model is accessible through the Gemini app and other Google products. Here's the thing: Gemini 3.5 Flash is the first in the 3.5 family. It reportedly outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on most benchmarks and is four times faster in output tokens per second. Google leaders say it excels at coding, supports AI agents better, and uses tokens more efficiently. What's interesting is that Gemini 3.5 Flash becomes the default model for the Gemini app and AI Mode worldwide starting today. Google also announced that Gemini 3.5 Pro, another new frontier AI model, will be released next month. The bottom line: This new, faster AI model is now freely available and integrated into Google's services, potentially improving user experience across many applications.