Google Prepares Gemini 3.8 Flash ("Skimaki") Coding Release

Google is finalizing the release of Gemini 3.8 Flash, code-named "Skimaki," specifically post-trained on large-scale software engineering repositories to compete directly with Anthropic and OpenAI on developer benchmarks. The update resolves multi-turn tool calling and schema adherence regressions observed in earlier experimental preview endpoints. The model is optimized for high-throughput, low-latency code generation across automated terminal and cloud IDE agents.