Replacement for gemini-3-flash-preview: what changes when you switch
The official replacement is gemini-3.6-flash. gemini-3-flash-preview does not have a published shutdown date per Google Gemini API's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). Published on the official docs: input price $0.5 per million tokens, context window 1,048,576 tokens, max output 65,536 tokens.
What is the replacement for gemini-3-flash-preview?
The official replacement is gemini-3.6-flash. gemini-3-flash-preview does not have a published shutdown date per Google Gemini API's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). Published on the official docs: input price $0.5 per million tokens, context window 1,048,576 tokens, max output 65,536 tokens.
Is gemini-3.6-flash cheaper than gemini-3-flash-preview?
Price comparison is not published yet.
Does gemini-3.6-flash have a bigger context window than gemini-3-flash-preview?
Context window sizes are not both published on the official pages we checked.