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Google Gemini 3.8 Flash has now launched on Gemini, Google AI Studio, and the API. According to Testing Catalog, the model scored 71% on the DeepSWE 1.1 benchmark, close to Claude Opus 5’s 74%, but at a much lower price. Regarding pricing, input costs $0.75 and output (including thinking tokens) costs $3.75 before December 31, 2026; starting January 1, 2027, these rates will increase to $1.50 and $7.50 respectively.
Google has begun rolling out Gemini Spark to Google AI Pro users outside the United States. Spark is a personal AI agent that runs 24/7 in the background, capable of handling heavy tasks based on user instructions. According to the test account Testing Catalog, the product's next major upgrade will support true MCP (Model Context Protocol), with related features already in development.