Not only it is fast, it is also quite cheap, nice!

So is Gemini 3 Fast the same as Gemini 3 Flash?

I'm sure it's good, I thought the last one was too, but it seems like the backdoor way to increase prices is to release a new model

it's better than Pro in a few evals. anyone who used, how is it for coding?

`gemini update` - error `gemini` and then `/update` - unknown command

I also had similar issues with Claude Code in the past. Everyone should take a page out of Bun's playbook. I never had `bun update` fail.

Edit: Also, I wish NPM wasn't the distribution mechanism for these TUIs. I suspect NPM's interplay with global packages and macOS permissions is what's causing the issue.

Is there a way to try this without a Google account?

Looks awesome on paper. However, after trying it on my usual tasks, it is still very bad at using the French language, especially for creative writing. The gap between the Gemini 3 family and GPT-5 or Sonnet 4.5 is important for my usage.

Also, I hate that I cannot send the Google models in a "Thinking" mode like in ChatGPT. When I send GPT 5.1 Thinking on a legal task and tell it to check and cite all sources, it takes +10 minutes to answer, but it did check everything and cite all its sources in the text; whereas the Gemini models, even 3 Pro, always answer after a few seconds and never cite their sources, making it impossible to click to check the answer. It makes the whole model unusable for these tasks. (I have the $20 subscription for both)