Google has officially launched Gemini 3, its newest and most advanced AI model — and the company is calling it its "most intelligent" system yet. The model rolled out across Google products on day one, marking the first time a new Gemini release has gone live in Search at launch.

Benchmarks show Google's Gemini 3 handily beating OpenAI's latest GPT-5.1 model, but there are still reasons to use ChatGPT.

Google clearly has high hopes for Gemini 3 in the coding domain. Along with the new model, the company has released Google Antigravity, a new agentic development platform that will likely compete with fast-growing startup Cursor, which sells its own AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE).

Alphabet shares rallied on Wednesday after investors cheered the release of Google's new Gemini 3 AI model. Google said Gemini 3 allows users to get better answers to more complex questions and doesn't need as much prompting to determine the context and intent behind their requests.

After more than a month of rumors and feverish speculation — including Polymarket wagering on the release date — Google today unveiled Gemini 3, its newest proprietary frontier model family and the company’s most comprehensive AI release since the Gemini line debuted in 2023.

Watch Google Gemini 3.0 Pro plan, code, and turn a sketch into a working browser game, with strong results in reasoning, OCR, and screen tasks

Analysts are optimistic that Gemini 3 will accelerate Google’s user adoption and revenue growth, proving the company’s ability to monetize its AI investments.

Google cofounder Larry Page overtook Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s third-wealthiest person Wednesday, as Alphabet’s stock surged by nearly 6% in the wake of strong third quarter earnings and the release of Google’s Gemini 3 AI model.