Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash with gains in agentic and coding tasks

Google announced Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third updated Flash model in six weeks, citing improvements in agentic and coding capabilities. The benchmark table lists input at $0.75 and output at $3.75 per 1M tokens, with introductory pricing of $1.50 and $7.50 expiring December 31, 2026. Terminal-bench 2.1 shows 89.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash against 85.8% for Gemini 3.7 Flash.