Google Search has upgraded AI Mode to use its latest Gemini model, Gemini 3.8 Flash. This comes just a couple weeks after Google AI Mode was powered by Gemini 3.7 Flash.
Like with the 3.7 release, 3.8 Flash can be used in AI Mode searchers for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers.
What Google said. Robby Stein, Google’s VP of product, said on X:
- “Gemini 3.8 Flash has landed in Search
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”He shared how much more powerful Gemini 3.8 Flash is:
- “It’s our most intelligent workhorse model yet, delivering significant improvements from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.”
Who can use it:
- “Available today in AI Mode for Google AI Pro & Ultra subs around the world.
How to access it:
What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of Gemini 3.8 Flash as a model to select from within AI Mode in Search:
Why we care. Google will likely roll this mode out to all searchers, even free plans, in the coming weeks or months. The models continue to improve and get better, which should make Google Search and AI Mode better over time.
