Google’s July 21, 2026 release adds three Gemini models: Gemini 3.6 Flash for general production workloads, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for high-volume tasks where latency and price matter most, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber for vulnerability discovery and remediation inside the CodeMender security workflow. Google describes 3.6 Flash as its workhorse, Flash-Lite as the fastest and most cost-effective model in the 3.5 series, and Flash Cyber as a specialized model paired with CodeMender. Flash Cyber is not a generally available API choice; Google says it will initially be offered only to governments and trusted partners through a limited-access CodeMender pilot. Google reports that 3.6 Flash uses 17% fewer output tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash on the Artificial Analysis Index and says it completes some multi-step workflows with fewer reasoning steps and tool calls. Google lists pricing of $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens for 3.6 Flash, and says the model costs less per output token than 3.5 Flash. The same announcement reports higher results than 3.5 Flash on selected evaluations, including DeepSWE for coding, OSWorld-Verified for computer use and GDPval-AA v2 for knowledge work.