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Google has added Agentic Video Understanding to Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash, and 3.5 Flash-Lite, allowing the model to determine which sections and media it needs to inspect instead of processing video at a fixed frame rate. The company says the feature reduces token consumption by up to 88% and costs by up to 66%, while improving accuracy by up to 7%.
Google announced updates to Managed Agents in the Gemini API, including making Gemini 3.6 Flash the default model and adding environment hooks to control and audit tool calls. The update also introduces a free tier, budget limits, scheduled triggers, and an interface for managing isolated environment sessions.