Google rolls out Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model yet

Google began rolling out its next generation of artificial intelligence models on Monday, introducing Gemini 3 as the company’s “most intelligent” and “factually accurate” system to date. The launch marks a significant step in Google’s bid to regain momentum in the AI race after OpenAI’s troubled debut of GPT-5.

For the first time, Google is making its flagship model, Gemini 3 Pro, available to all users on day one through the Gemini app. The company is also integrating Gemini 3 Pro into Search for subscribers.

Tulsee Doshi, senior director and head of product at Google DeepMind, said the new system moves the company closer to its longstanding goal of making information “universally accessible and useful” as the search experience shifts beyond text-only results. “One really big step in that direction is to step out of the paradigm of just text responses and give you a much richer, more complete view of what you can actually see,” she said.

Google describes Gemini 3 Pro as “natively multimodal,” capable of processing text, images, and audio simultaneously. The model can, for instance, translate photographed recipes and compile them into a formatted cookbook, or generate interactive flashcards from video lectures.

These upgrades will appear across Google’s products. In the Gemini app, users can build more advanced projects using Canvas, the built-in workspace. Inside Gemini Labs, the company is testing “generative interfaces,” which allow the model to present responses in visual magazine-style layouts or create custom interactive formats based on user prompts.

Gemini 3 Pro in AI Mode, the AI-driven version of Google Search, will also surface visual responses, including images, tables, grids, and simulations. Google says an improved “query fan-out” system will help the model interpret intent more accurately and surface content that earlier versions may have missed.

Google also drew a contrast with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, saying Gemini 3 Pro produces responses that are “smart, concise, and direct,” with reduced “sycophancy” and fewer empty pleasantries. Doshi said users will notice the system prioritising clarity and insight over flattery.

The model also features enhanced reasoning and what Google describes as “agentic” capabilities, enabling it to handle more complex tasks and plan over longer timeframes. An experimental Gemini Agent tool, powered by Gemini 3 Pro, can review and organise emails or research and book travel within the app.

According to Google, Gemini 3 Pro now leads the rankings on LMArena, a widely used benchmarking platform for AI systems. A “Deep Think” mode further boosts its reasoning performance, though it remains limited to safety testers for now.

Gemini 3 Pro is available to all users in the Gemini app starting today. In the US, Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can access the model in AI Mode by selecting the “Thinking” option. Gemini Agent will roll out initially to AI Ultra subscribers.

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