Key facts
- Google has delayed the launch of its Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model to July.
- The model was initially planned for a June release.
- The delay is to gather feedback from early testers and refine the model.
- Gemini 3.5 Pro is expected to excel at long-horizon tasks and powering AI agents.
- Google faces significant competition from OpenAI and Anthropic in the AI space.
Google has pushed back the release of its Gemini 3.5 Pro artificial intelligence model to July, a shift from its previously stated June target. This delay is intended to allow the company more time to incorporate feedback from early testers and make further adjustments to the frontier AI model.
CEO Sundar Pichai had indicated in May at the company's I/O developer conference that the model would be available the following month. The decision to delay comes amid fierce competition in the AI landscape, with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly advancing more rapidly in areas such as AI coding, a key enterprise application.
Sources familiar with the matter suggest that Google is using the extended period to gather real-world use cases from users testing the model on platforms like Google's Antigravity and the AI benchmarking site LMArena. The Gemini 3.5 Pro is anticipated to offer enhanced capabilities in handling long-horizon tasks and in powering AI agents.