# Gemini 3.5 Flash is the latest in Google's family of AI models.

*genai · news · 2026-05-19 · Tom's Guide*

## Key points

- Gemini 3.5 Flash is designed to independently complete complex multi-step workflows, not just generate responses.
- Google Spark is a persistent AI agent running in the background, proactively assisting users with digital tasks.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on agentic and coding benchmarks while reducing response latency.
- Gemini 3.5 was developed under Google's Frontier Safety Framework with expanded cyber and CBRN safeguards.
- Gemini 3.5 Pro is already used internally and will publicly launch next month.

**Companies:** Google
**Countries:** United States

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