Improved Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite
3 hours ago
- #AI Models
- #Google AI
- #Gemini
- Google released updated versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Flash-Lite on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite was trained based on three key themes (unspecified in the text).
- Model string for testing Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash improvements focus on two key areas based on user feedback.
- Early testers report a 15% performance leap in long-horizon agentic tasks with Gemini 2.5 Flash.
- Model string for testing Gemini 2.5 Flash: gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025.
- Preview versions help gather feedback and shape future stable releases.
- Google introduced a -latest alias for easier access to the most recent model versions without updating code.
- A 2-week notice will be given before updates or deprecations behind -latest aliases.
- For stable applications, use gemini-2.5-flash and gemini-2.5-flash-lite.