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Google Search is now powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash globally
Google announced at I/O that AI Mode is now using Gemini 3.5 Flash globally as its default model. The model upgrade brings improved reasoning capability, faster response generation, and broader language coverage to AI Mode users worldwide.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means the quality of AI Mode responses has materially improved across all markets. Worth running a baseline visibility audit on key content pages to see whether the Gemini 3.5 Flash upgrade has shifted citation patterns relative to the previous model.
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Google Search is now powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash globally
Google announced at I/O that AI Mode is now using Gemini 3.5 Flash globally as its default model. The model upgrade brings improved reasoning capability, faster response generation, and broader language coverage to AI Mode users worldwide.
For you, this means the quality of AI Mode responses has materially improved across all markets. Worth running a baseline visibility audit on key content pages to see whether the Gemini 3.5 Flash upgrade has shifted citation patterns relative to the previous model.
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