Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) has started rolling out its latest artificial intelligence model, Gemini 3, in a busy week for chatbot updates.
“It’s the best model in the world for multimodal understanding, and our most powerful agentic + vibe coding model yet,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a post today on X. “Gemini 3 can bring any idea to life, quickly grasping context and intent so you can get what you need with less prompting.”
Gemini 3 Pro started rolling out globally today, Google said. Users must select “Thinking” from the model selector. Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers will continue to have higher limits. Google is also extending its free year of AI Pro to U.S. college students.
Gemini 3 now features better reasoning for complicated problems; a new interface that better adapts to user prompts; and has Gemini Agent, a new tool that orchestrates and completes complex, multi-step tasks on the user’s behalf. Google AI Ultra members will receive first access to Agent.
The Gemini app now includes new layouts, such as visual layout and dynamic view.
The past week has featured a flurry of chatbot updates as AI companies work to increase their appeal and capture a larger market share. On Monday, xAI (X.AI) launched Grok 4.1. On November 12, OpenAI (OPENAI) released ChatGPT-5.1. The China-based ecommerce and tech giant Alibaba (BABA) also revamped its Qwen chatbot this week.