Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash as a coding-agent workhorse and limits Flash Cyber to Fairwind

Google on September 2, 2026 launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, a generally available workhorse for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and multi-step enterprise workflows, together with Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a defender-focused twin for vulnerability discovery and automated patching. The drop is the company's third Flash model in six weeks, arriving three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash, and it keeps the same introductory API price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through December 31, 2026.