Google pushes Gemini 3.5 Pro launch into July

Business Insider reported that Google has pushed the launch of Gemini 3.5 Pro into July after previously signaling a June rollout. The model was teased at I/O and has reportedly been available to some users on Google Antigravity and LMArena. Google is said to be gathering more real-world feedback and folding in lessons from Gemini 3.5 Flash, including criticism that Flash used tokens too quickly. The delay lands as coding and agentic workflows have become a central battleground against Anthropic and OpenAI.

Key details: Published June 24, 2026 at 18:39 UTC, Google had previously pointed to a June launch, The new target is July 2026, The model is expected to improve long-horizon tasks and agents.

Why it matters: The delay is a competitive signal: frontier model launches are now judged by agent reliability and coding usefulness, not just benchmark timing.