AI Release Timeline

Gemini 3.6 Flash launched by Google. Google's speed-optimized Gemini 3.6 Flash with frontier-level intelligence at lower cost than prior Flash tiers.

API endpoint `gemini-3.6-flash` available for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Initial pricing set at $1.50/M input and $7.50/M output tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 3.6 Flash adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 3.6 Flash supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 3.6 Flash supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 3.6 Flash introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Gemini 3.6 Flash achieves 94/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Gemini 3 Pro launched by Google. Google Gemini 3 Pro frontier tier for complex multimodal reasoning and long-context workloads.

API endpoint `gemini-3-pro` available for Gemini 3 Pro.

Initial pricing set at $3.60/M input and $14.00/M output tokens.

Gemini 3 Pro ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 3 Pro adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 3 Pro supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 3 Pro supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 3 Pro introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Gemini 3 Pro achieves 96/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Gemini 2.5 Flash launched by Google. Flash model with thinking capabilities and top multimodal scores.

API endpoint `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20` available for Gemini 2.5 Flash.

Initial pricing set at $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 2.5 Flash adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 2.5 Flash supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 2.5 Flash supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 2.5 Flash introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Gemini 2.5 Flash achieves 94/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Gemini 2.5 Pro launched by Google. Google flagship with 1M context and deep reasoning.

API endpoint `gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05` available for Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Initial pricing set at $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Pro ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 2.5 Pro adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 2.5 Pro supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 2.5 Pro supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 2.5 Pro introduces extended reasoning and chain-of-thought capabilities.

Gemini 2.5 Pro achieves 97/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite launched by Google. Ultra-cheap Gemini for simple tasks at scale.

API endpoint `gemini-2.0-flash-lite` available for Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite.

Initial pricing set at $0.075/M input and $0.30/M output tokens.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 2.0 Flash launched by Google. Fast multimodal Gemini with native audio and vision.

API endpoint `gemini-2.0-flash` available for Gemini 2.0 Flash.

Initial pricing set at $0.10/M input and $0.40/M output tokens.

Gemini 2.0 Flash ships with 1M token context window.

Gemini 2.0 Flash adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 2.0 Flash supports audio input and multimodal voice workflows.

Gemini 2.0 Flash supports function calling and structured tool use.

Gemini 2.0 Flash achieves 92/100 multimodal benchmark score — top-tier performance.

Gemini 1.5 Pro launched by Google. Proven Gemini with industry-leading 2M context window.

API endpoint `gemini-1.5-pro` available for Gemini 1.5 Pro.

Initial pricing set at $1.25/M input and $5.00/M output tokens.

Gemini 1.5 Pro ships with 2.1M token context window.

Gemini 1.5 Pro adds native vision and image understanding capabilities.

Gemini 1.5 Pro supports function calling and structured tool use.