Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (GA)

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a Google model that became generally available in the Gemini API on July 21, 2026.

Lab
Google DeepMind
Release date
Status
Generally available
API model ID
gemini-3.5-flash-lite
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens

Google made Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available in the Gemini API on July 21, 2026, the same day as Gemini 3.6 Flash. The Gemini API docs list it as gemini-3.5-flash-lite, with text, image, video, audio and PDF input, text output, a 1,048,576-token input limit and a 65,536-token output limit.

Modalities
Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output
Availability
Gemini API.
Official source
ai.google.dev
Last checked

Questions

When did Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite become generally available?
Google made it generally available in the Gemini API on July 21, 2026, the same day as Gemini 3.6 Flash.
What is the context window of Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?
The Gemini API docs list a 1,048,576-token input limit and a 65,536-token output limit.
What inputs does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite accept?
It accepts text, image, video, audio and PDF input and returns text output.

Source

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