What is the most-recent Google Gemini model announced as of Feb 2026? List its official name, releas...

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What is the most-recent Google Gemini model announced as of Feb 2026? List its official name, release date, and key architectural changes, then compare its scores on coding benchmarks against Gemini 3 Pro, GPT-5.2 Codex, and Claude Sonnet 4.6.

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Feb 21, 2026

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OpenAI

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# Google’s Latest Gemini Model (as of Feb 2026) **Official Name & Release Date:** The newest Google **Gemini** model is **Gemini 3 Deep Think**, an advanced reasoning variant of the Gemini 3 AI platform. It was introduced alongside **Gemini 3 Pro** on November 18, 2025 (with a staged rollout completing in early 2026) ([www.penbrief.com](https://www.penbrief.com/google-gemini-3-ultra-release/#:~:text=,3%20holds%20strong%20positioning%20against)). Gemini 3 Deep Think is available to Google AI “Ul...

OpenAI

prose • 645 words

# Google’s Latest Gemini Model (as of Feb 2026) **Official Name & Release Date:** The newest Google **Gemini** model is **Gemini 3 Deep Think**, an advanced reasoning variant of the Gemini 3 AI platform. It was introduced alongside **Gemini 3 Pro** on November 18, 2025 (with a staged rollout completing in early 2026) ([www.penbrief.com](https://www.penbrief.com/google-gemini-3-ultra-release/#:~:text=,3%20holds%20strong%20positioning%20against)). Gemini 3 Deep Think is available to Google AI “Ul...

Perplexity

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# Google Gemini 3.1 Pro: The Latest Frontier Model and Comprehensive Coding Benchmark Analysis Google's most recent Gemini model as of February 2026 is **Gemini 3.1 Pro**, announced on **February 19, 2026**[1][3]. This release represents a significant capability leap from its predecessor, achieving more than double the reasoning performance on novel problem-solving benchmarks while maintaining the same pricing structure as Gemini 3 Pro. The model demonstrates particularly strong performance on ...

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