On the heels ofChina’s DeepSeekupending tech giants and markets in the US, Google is pushing out updates to theGemini appto put its latest deep thinking model andGemini 2.0’s capabilities upfront and center for users.
After revealing it last year, Googlehas announcedthat its experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model is now part of the Gemini app. Flash Thinking is an artificial intelligence model built for “reasoning.” The model can explain in detail how it answers complicated questions but takes longer to process inquiries. Google touts Flash Thinking as “the world’s best model,” surpassing DeepSeek’s R1 capabilities.
“Starting today, Gemini app users can try 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental. It’s currently ranked as the world’s best model, and it’s available at no cost.” Google said ina blog post. “Built on the speed and performance of 2.0 Flash, this model is trained to break down prompts into a series of steps to strengthen its reasoning capabilities and deliver better responses.”
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It doesn’t stop there, though. Google is also releasing itsGemini 2.0 Flash Model, its high-efficiency “workhorse model,” to developers in AI Studio and Vertex AI after rolling it out to the public in the Gemini app last week. Finally, Google is introducing Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, a new low-cost model that matches the speed and cost of 1.5 Flash while outperforming it in benchmarks. 2.0 Flash-Lite is available for public preview in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.
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