Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, which performs more reasoning steps and calls tools iteratively than Gemini 3.7 Flash. The new model keeps the same introductory price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but may consume more tokens for higher effort levels, potentially raising costs. Developers can continue using Gemini 3.7 Flash to reduce token usage.