# Gemini 3.6 Flash

> Google's newest Flash tier. 1M context, accepts text, image, audio and video, and costs less per output token than 3.5 Flash.

Human version: https://kymaapi.com/models/gemini-3.6-flash
Live JSON: `GET https://kymaapi.com/v1/models` (no auth required)

## Facts

- **Model ID**: `gemini-3.6-flash` — pass this as `model` in the request body
- **Creator**: Google
- **Released**: 2026-07-21
- **Context window**: 1M tokens
- **Max output**: 8K tokens per response — a hard ceiling, not a default
- **Price**: $2.025 in / $10.125 out per 1M, cached input 10%
- **Capabilities**: tools, vision, reasoning, caching

## Call it

```bash
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KYMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "gemini-3.6-flash", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'
```

## Positioning

Gemini 3.6 Flash handles high-volume multimodal inputs with a 1M token context window and fast generation speeds. Use it for workflows that require parsing mixed media or long documents while keeping output token costs below the previous 3.5 tier.

## About

This is Google’s latest Flash-tier model, optimized for handling text, image, audio, and video inputs while producing text outputs. It supports tool calling and reasoning, making it suitable for workflows that require parsing long documents or analyzing media streams.

On Kyma, requests route through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with automatic failover to maintain uptime. Prompt caching is enabled, billing repeated prefixes at 10% of the standard input rate. Responses include exact request costs in usage.cost and report the active model via the X-Kyma-Model header.

The model caps output at 8,192 tokens and does not support structured output formats. It operates in the premium cost tier, though output tokens are priced lower than the previous 3.5 Flash iteration.

## Use cases

- **Document Analysis Pipeline** — Ingests long reports or manuals up to 1M tokens and extracts key insights or summaries.
- **Multimedia Content Review** — Processes video frames and audio tracks alongside text prompts to generate descriptive reports.
- **High-Volume Chat Routing** — Handles concurrent conversational requests with tool calling and reasoning at fast throughput speeds.
- **Automated Content Drafting** — Generates text drafts from mixed media inputs while keeping output costs lower than prior tiers.

## Not ideal for

Do not use this model if your application requires strict JSON or structured output formatting, as that capability is not supported.

## Pick something else when

- You need guaranteed structured JSON outputs → `qwen-3.7-plus`, `gpt-5.6-terra`
- You need lower-cost text-only generation → `gemini-3.5-flash-lite`, `deepseek-v4-flash`
- You need faster reasoning for code tasks → `qwen-3-coder`, `kimi-k3`

## See also

- All models: https://kymaapi.com/models.md
- Pricing: https://kymaapi.com/pricing.md
- Other models by Google: https://kymaapi.com/models?q=Google