# Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash with Enhanced Coding

> Google has shipped Gemini 3.8 Flash, an update to its fast, low-cost tier that leans hard into coding. On coding benchmarks the new version scores 73.7 percent, a solid jump from 65.3 percent for the previous Flash, while keeping the multimodal reach that lets it handle text, images, audio, video, and PDFs across a 1 million token context window. Pricing is the quiet story. Through December 31 it runs at 0.75 dollars per million input tokens and 3.75 dollars per million output tokens, with a note that those rates double on January 1, an unusually blunt signal that early-adopter pricing has a deadline. Google also released a specialized sibling, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, tuned for cybersecurity workflows. Together they show where the cheap tier is headed: not just smaller and faster, but increasingly capable at the developer and security tasks that used to require a lab's flagship model.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: 9to5Google · Published Tuesday, September 8, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Google has shipped Gemini 3.8 Flash, an update to its fast, low-cost tier that leans hard into coding. On coding benchmarks the new version scores 73.7 percent, a solid jump from 65.3 percent for the previous Flash, while keeping the multimodal reach that lets it handle text, images, audio, video, and PDFs across a 1 million token context window. Pricing is the quiet story. Through December 31 it runs at 0.75 dollars per million input tokens and 3.75 dollars per million output tokens, with a note that those rates double on January 1, an unusually blunt signal that early-adopter pricing has a deadline. Google also released a specialized sibling, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, tuned for cybersecurity workflows. Together they show where the cheap tier is headed: not just smaller and faster, but increasingly capable at the developer and security tasks that used to require a lab's flagship model.

## Source

[Read the full story at 9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2026/09/02/gemini-3-8-flash-launch/)

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