Meet Google’s Fastest Model Yet: Gemini 2.0 Flash
There’s no doubt that Google has some powerful models under its belt. In fact, it has a model for just about everything, but many people use the free one accessible through the Gemini app. Well, if you use the Gemini app, then buckle up, as Gemini 2.0 Flash just launched. This is the company’s fastest model to date.
Amid all of the controversy surrounding DeepSeek, Google remains committed to dropping its models. The company is currently releasing its 2.0 models, which are the successors to the 1.5 models from last year. Right now, the company is testing models like Gemini 2.0 Experimental and Gemini 2.0 Thinking. So, you can expect 2025 to be packed with Gemini releases.
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash for the app
Free users usually get more modest models while paying customers have access to the more powerful ones. Last year, Google gave its free users Gemini 1.5 Flash, so we can see that free users will likely get the “Flash” variants going forward.
Gemini 2.0 Flash prioritizes speed, so you’ll use it if you want quicker responses. Since they’re quicker, they may not be as in-depth or as accurate as a response from a reasoning model. These are models that will take a little extra time to “think” about their response. Still, Gemini 2.0 Flash is an across-the-board improvement over version 1.5 Flash.
It’s available for users to use in the app starting today. If you still want to use Gemini 1.5 Flash and 1.5 Pro, Google mentioned that it will be available for the next couple of weeks. That’s a pretty vague timeline, to be honest.
Other news
Along with the news of Gemini 2.0 Flash, Google also shared some other updates. If you’re a Gemini Advanced user, you’ll still have access to the 1 million-token version of the model for uploaded files with up to 1,500 pages. You’ll also have access to features like Deep Research and Gems.
Rounding out the changes, Google also announced that it updated its image generation platform to the latest version of Imagen 3. Lauded as a “state-of-the-art model” by Google, it will produce much more realistic images.
