Gemini 2.5 Flash with ‘thinking budget’ rolling out to devs, Gemini app

Gemini 2.5 Flash bursts into the scene with a sparkling new feature: a "thinking budget." This lets developers fine-tune token-based reasoning anywhere from 0 to a whopping 24,576, cranking up accuracy without gouging your pockets. Catch it in preview on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI. The model handles complex tasks with grace, tweaking its reasoning to suit the job. And it doesn’t lose any of that Gemini Flash speed or budget-friendly charm.