Google is bringing Gemini 3 Flash to AI Mode, bringing much of Gemini 3’s power without waiting too long – hence the “Flash” part of the name. Robby Stein from Google said, “Starting today, we’re rolling it out globally in Search as the default model in AI Mode.”
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