Google launches faster Gemini 3 Flash, now available in the Gemini app and Google Search | Infinium-tech

After introducing Gemini 3 Pro last month, today Google has unveiled Gemini 3 Flash. As its name suggests, it is the fastest model. It’s built from the ground up for speed, in fact Google says it feels as fast as Google Search for most signals.

Gemini 3 Flash is now the default model in the Gemini app – if you choose “Fast” or “Thinking” you are using it. Gemini 3 Pro is used if you select “Pro” in the app. Google says the Gemini 3 Pro is still “the best choice for advanced math and code,” but it’s confident Flash will work for everything else.

Of course, Flash is also easier on Google’s resources, and so it makes sense for the company to pursue it. That said, it’s impressively better in benchmarks than its predecessor, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 in some tests. Of course, it’s even better than the Gemini 2.5 Pro, despite being significantly faster.

Gemini 3 Flash has also become the default model in the AI ​​mode of Google Search globally. Thus, Google says the AI ​​mode is now “better at understanding your needs, so you can ask more nuanced questions and it will consider each of your constraints to provide a thoughtful, well-formatted response”.

The Gemini 3 Pro also shows up in searches only for people in the US. To use it you need to select “Thinking with 3 Pro” in the AI ​​Mode Model drop-down menu, and you’ll get “in-depth support for your toughest questions, including dynamic visual layouts with interactive tools and simulations.”

Finally, the Nano Banana 3 Pro is also available on Search for people in the US. To use it all you have to do is select “Thinking with 3 Pro” in the AI ​​mode model picker, and then select “Create Images Pro.” This all sounds pretty complicated – we hope Google finds a way to simplify all these options in the future.

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