Why Google held back a huge new AI model at its big conference
By Alistair Barr
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Gemini 3.5 Pro will come out next month. Here's one theory why it's delayed.
Why Google held back a huge new AI model at its big conference
By Alistair Barr
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Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model will launch next month, announces CEO Sundar Pichai at I/O 2026—disappointing attendees.

A Bloomberg report recently said that Google is months behind the launch of its next-generation AI model – Gemini 3.5 Pro dubbed…

Google has postponed the release of its Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model to July, citing additional time needed for feedback from early…

The delay comes amid fierce competition among AI developers to boost model performance, cut costs and expand enterprise…

Google's next big AI model is coming later than promised, but the company is trying to use the extra time to make it better.

July 16 : Alphabet's Google is months behind schedule on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful flagship AI model, as…