Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

What changed

Source summary

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, a faster reasoning-and-coding model that improves on 3.7 Flash for software engineering and multi-step agentic tasks at the same introductory pricing ($0.75/$3.75 per million input/output tokens), plus a specialised variant, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, tuned for automated vulnerability discovery and patching. The Cyber variant is not broadly available: it is restricted to vetted government and critical-infrastructure defenders through Google's new Fairwind Program.

Why it matters to your work

Practical interpretation

If you or your team use Gemini for coding or complex multi-step tasks, 3.8 Flash is a straightforward upgrade: better performance at the same introductory pricing as the previous model, with no action needed on your part. The cybersecurity-specialised "Cyber" version is only for vetted government and critical-infrastructure defenders, so it will not appear in a normal Gemini subscription.

When this could help

Planning model migration or cost forecasting for Gemini Flash workloads — the introductory pricing window closes January 2027.

Gemini 3.8 Flash improves on 3.7 Flash across benchmarks at an introductory price of $0.75/$3.75 per million tokens (input/output), rising to $1.50/$7.50 from January 2027. Flash Cyber (reduced-moderation variant) is restricted to vetted participants via the Fairwind Program.

What to check

• Introductory pricing doubles in January 2027 — factor this into cost projections. Source ↗
• Flash Cyber requires Fairwind Program approval and is not self-serve. Source ↗