Gemini Flash-Lite 3.6+ Likely Delayed as Google Holds Back

The next Gemini Flash-Lite model will not be released on November 11, 2026. Instead Google will hold back any qualifying Flash-Lite version 3.6 or higher from public availability, despite its July 21 releases of Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3.6 Flash. Those July 21 models cut time per task in h…