Google prepares Gemini 3.8 Flash release to close coding performance gap

Internal tests of Gemini 3.8 Flash, internally referred to as Skimaki, showed improved coding performance relative to prior Gemini models in an area where Google has lagged Anthropic and OpenAI. A release is expected this week. In head-to-head testing inside Google’s Jetski coding tool, some engineers preferred the new model to Anthropic’s Opus.