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You should probably set Gemini 3.8 Flash thinking level to medium for most tasks

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Not sure how many of you are like me, but I used to blindly set the thinking level to high for every Gemini Flash model, mainly because older Flash models were weaker and seemed allergic to thinking. Gemini 3.8 Flash broke that habit for me. For most day to day tasks around medium difficulty, crank…

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  1. 2026-09-04 17:53 · r/GeminiAI
    You should probably set Gemini 3.8 Flash thinking level to medium for most tasks

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