Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA)

GAJul 21, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Released stable, production-ready versions of our latest 3.x Flash models: Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash): Features improved token efficiency and code/agentic planning capabilities at a lower price point than 3.5 Flash, resolving developer feedback around output verbosity.

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Gemini APIJul 21, 2026

Deprecated parameters

The sampling parameters temperature, top_p and top_k are now deprecated. See the Latest Gemini Model for details.

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Gemini APIJul 30, 2026

Gemini Robotics ER 2 in public preview

Released two new embodied reasoning model endpoints for robotics: gemini-robotics-er-2-preview: Advanced spatial reasoning, agentic code execution, multi-step tool orchestration, video moment finding, progress classification, and multi-robot coordination.

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Gemini APIJul 30, 2026

Deprecation announcement

The gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview model will be shut down on August 31, 2026.

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Gemini APIJul 6, 2026

Gemini API developer logs now cover the Interactions API

Logs for supported Interactions API calls are now viewable in the AI Studio dashboard, making agent interactions easier to debug.

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Gemini APIJun 30, 2026

Gemini Omni Flash in public preview

Released gemini-omni-flash-preview, a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using the Interactions API, you can generate 3--10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images, and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs.

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Gemini APIJun 30, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) is generally available

gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image is a multimodal model optimized for ultra-low latency, cost-effective image generation and editing, now GA in the Gemini API.

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Gemini APIAug 13, 2026

Gemini 3.7 Flash generally available (GA)

Released our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents: Gemini 3.7 Flash (gemini-3.7-flash): Substantial improvements across software engineering, web development, and agentic workflows, available at an introductory price through December 31, 2026. To get started, see the Gemini 3.7 Flash model page and the Latest model guide.

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Gemini APIJun 24, 2026

Computer Use

Launched public preview support for the Computer Use tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash. This release includes simplified actions with intents, built-in support for browser, mobile, and desktop environments, configurable safety policies, and advanced prompt injection detection.

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Snowflake Cortex CodeJul 21, 2026

CoCo Desktop - General availability

CoCo Desktop is now generally available. CoCo Desktop is a native Mac and Windows desktop application that brings CoCo’s full agentic capabilities into an IDE-like surface, with a file editor, integrated terminal, agentic AI loop, agentic browser, agentic notebook, and deep Snowflake awareness.

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Snowflake Snowflake Horizon CatalogJul 21, 2026

Consuming Delta Shares in Horizon Catalog (General availability)

Snowflake builds for interoperability. Horizon Catalog is the metadata hub for your entire data estate, giving every team a single, unified window into every data asset regardless of where it lives or what format it uses. Today we expand that commitment. Consuming Delta Shares as a Catalog Linked Database in Horizon Catalog is now generally available.

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Snowflake Snowflake Horizon CatalogJul 21, 2026

Tag-based data protection policies (Public Preview)

Tag-based policy support is now available in public preview for aggregation policies, row access policies, projection policies, and join policies. This feature allows you to assign data protection policies to tags, automatically protecting any objects that have the tag assigned to them.

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Databricks Databricks SQLJul 21, 2026

Warehouse-level statement timeouts (Beta)

You can now set a statement timeout on a single SQL warehouse so that different warehouses can apply different timeouts to their queries. Set the timeout with the statement_timeout field in the Create or Update warehouse APIs. This feature is in Beta and is API-only. See Warehouse-level timeout .

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Databricks LakeflowJul 21, 2026

Reddit Ads connector is now available in Beta

The managed Reddit Ads connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. You can use the connector to ingest advertising campaign data and performance metrics from Reddit Ads into Databricks. See Reddit Ads connector .

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformJul 21, 2026

Context-based ingress control for workspaces public access is now generally available

Context-based ingress control for workspaces public access is now generally available. Control who can reach your workspace endpoints using allow and deny rules that allow you to combine identities, network sources, and request types. See Context-based ingress control .

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