Last month, the Gemini free tier was upgraded with 1.5 Flash and Google now says those responses are “up to 50% faster.”
Last month, the Gemini free tier was upgraded with 1.5 Flash and Google now says those responses are “up to 50% faster.”
These faster Gemini responses are due to “major latency improvements” that Google has made in recent weeks.
It joins other improvements like a 4x longer context window (32k tokens vs. 8k tokens with 1.0 Pro). Gemini 1.5 Flash was announced for developers in May, which is when Gemini Advanced was updated with 1.5 Pro.
Meanwhile, the Google Tasks Extension is starting to roll out beyond the Pixel 9 series. We’re seeing it listed as part of the Google Workspace Extension on devices like the Pixel 8, but it’s not yet widely rolled out to all users.
