{"id":12367,"date":"2026-07-25T03:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=12367"},"modified":"2026-07-25T03:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:36:41","slug":"3-5-flash-lite-rolling-out-in-google-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=12367","title":{"rendered":"3.5 Flash-Lite Rolling Out In Google Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div id=\"articleContent\" itemprop=\"articlebody\"> <div class=\"bialty-container\"> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google has released three new AI models today Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber and one of those models is rolling out now for Google Search. 3.5 Flash-Lite is Google\u2019s \u201cfastest, most cost-effective 3.5-class model, delivering 350 output tokens per second according to the Artificial Analysis Index, also significantly outperforming prior Flash-Lite generations in agentic workflows,\u201d the company announced.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google said 3.5 Flash-Lite is rolling out now for Google Search. Where in Google Search? Google did mention in the blog post that it is used for agentic search. But it might be used for Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode as well.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Agentic Search. <\/strong>Google announced at Google I\/O back in May about Google Search\u2019s information agents and improved agentic experiences. \u201cWe\u2019re entering the era of Search agents, where you can easily create, customize and manage multiple Al agents for your many tasks, right in Search,\u201d Liz Reid, the head of Google Search said a couple of months back.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rollout. <\/strong>3.5 Flash-Lite is rolling out for everyone in the Gemini app and also within Google Search, the company announced.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>Google will continue to improve its AI models; the latest improvements are on its lower-end models but also faster models. Those faster models are often uses for Google Search and you soon may see those changes in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and the agentic experiences within Google Search.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Postscript. <\/strong>Robby Stein from Google later said on\u00a0X, \u201cIt offers stronger instruction following and better understands user intent, so conversations flow much more seamlessly.\u201d<\/p> <div style=\"background: radial-gradient(circle at 30% 40%, rgba(184, 111, 255, 0.15), rgba(0, 169, 255, 0.15) 40%, #CDE8FD 70%); padding: 30px; width: 100%; max-width: 802px; color: #000000 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 25px 0 30px 0; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;\"> <div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left; padding-right: 20px; box-sizing: border-box;\"> <p> If AI can\u2019t find you, <span style=\"background: linear-gradient(90deg, #D56EFE 0%, #068EF8 51%); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; background-clip: text;\">customers won\u2019t either<\/span>. <\/p> <p id=\"semrush-one-subhead\" style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 25px; margin: 12px 0 0 0; color: #000000 !important;\"> Track your visibility across AI search, uncover missed opportunities, and grow your presence where customers are asking questions. <\/p> <\/p><\/div> <p> <span id=\"semrush-one-cta\" style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #FF642D; color: white; height: 44px; border: none; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; padding: 0 24px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; line-height: 44px;\">See your AI visibility<\/span> <\/p> <\/p><\/div> <\/div> <hr\/> <p class=\"article-disclosure\"> <em>Search Engine Land is owned by Semrush. We remain committed to providing high-quality coverage of marketing topics. Unless otherwise noted, this page\u2019s content was written by either an employee or a paid contractor of Semrush Inc.<\/em> <\/p> <hr\/> <div class=\"author-about py-4\"> <div class=\"card bg-light\"> <div class=\"card-body p-2 clearfix\"> <div class=\"authorImage float-start me-3 mb-2\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded avatar-border flex-shrink-0\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/05\/1630496745425.jpeg.webp\" title=\"3.5 Flash-Lite Rolling Out In Google Search\u63d2\u56fe\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded avatar-border flex-shrink-0\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/05\/1630496745425.jpeg.webp\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" title=\"3.5 Flash-Lite Rolling Out In Google Search\u63d2\u56fe1\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"author-body\"> <div id=\"authorBio-251\" class=\"author-desc\"> Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.<\/p> <p>In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the &#8220;US Search Personality Of The Year,&#8221; you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O&#8217;Clock.<\/p> <p>Barry can be followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustybrick\/\">on X here<\/a>\u00a0and you can learn more about\u00a0Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site. <\/p> <\/div><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/div> <p> <!-- START SIDEBAR LOWER SPACE --><\/p> <p><!-- END SIDEBAR LOWER SPACE --><\/p><\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>News#FlashLite #Rolling #Google #Search1784921801<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has released three new AI models today Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber and one of those models is rolling out now for Google Search. 3.5 Flash-Lite is Google\u2019s \u201cfastest, most cost-effective 3.5-class model, delivering 350 output tokens per second according to the Artificial Analysis Index, also significantly outperforming prior Flash-Lite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[48395,75,83,6358,95],"class_list":["post-12367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-careers","tag-flashlite","tag-google","tag-news","tag-rolling","tag-search"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}