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Original: Simon Willison · 03/03/2026

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Summary

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is Google’s affordable update to the Flash-Lite family, offering various thinking levels at a competitive price.

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“0.25/milliontokensofinputand0.25/million tokens of input and 1.5/million output this is 1/8th the price of Gemini 3.1 Pro.” — Discussing the pricing of Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite compared to its Pro version.
“It supports four different thinking levels.” — Highlighting the capabilities of the new model.

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3rd March 2026 - Link Blog Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. Google’s latest model is an update to their inexpensive Flash-Lite family. At 0.25/milliontokensofinputand0.25/million tokens of input and 1.5/million output this is 1/8th the price of Gemini 3.1 Pro. It supports four different thinking levels, so I had it output four different pelicans: minimal low medium high Posted 3rd March 2026 at 9:53 pm

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Originally published at https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/3/gemini-31-flash-lite/#atom-everything.