The rumor is Gemini 3.5 pro will be released next week.

It had previously been announced (at Google I/O) to be released in June, but it got pushed back. Why? Rumors range from they are having trouble to they scrapped an old framework to pursue a new one and the new model will surpass Fable 5 and be cheaper.

Google pretending they're still far ahead. In reality, far far behind. Google has become "just like another" company, nothing special. Few bright minds, with a lot of overpaid engineers.

I expect Google will drop a new SOTA model soon. Rumor has it they're training a new model from the ground-up, which takes a while.