Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Gemini CLI We've integrated Gemini 3 Pro, our most intelligent model, directly into Gemini CLI to unlock a new level of performance and productivity in the terminal. This powerful combination delivers state-of-the-art reasoning for executing better commands, enhances support for complex engineering work through agentic coding, and enables smarter, more tailored workflows via advanced tool use. We are rolling out access gradually to ensure the experience remains fast and reliable. Gemini 3 Pro is available starting now in Gemini CLI for Google AI Ultra subscribers and for those who have access via paid Gemini API key.
subscribers and for those who have access via paid For Gemini Code Assist Enterprise users, access is coming soon.
users, access is coming soon. All other users, including Google AI Pro, Gemini Code Assist Standard, and free tier users can join the waitlist here to get access as it becomes available. You can also track our rollout progress by following this GitHub discussion. Start using Gemini 3 Pro with Gemini CLI If you’re a Google AI Ultra subscriber or have a paid Gemini API key, get started immediately by upgrading your Gemini CLI version to 0.16.x:
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After you’ve confirmed your version, run /settings , then toggle Preview features to true. Gemini CLI will now default to Gemini 3 Pro.
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Here are 5 practical ways you can tap into Gemini 3 Pro in Gemini CLI to accelerate development and bring your biggest ideas to life. Build anything in the terminal with improved agentic coding Gemini 3 Pro excels at coding because of its ability to synthesize disparate pieces of information, including text, images, and code, and follow complex, creative instructions. It understands the intent behind your idea, allowing you to go from a rough concept to a functional starting point in a single step. Generate a ready-to-deploy app with 3D graphics Gemini 3 Pro's agentic coding capability allows it to handle prompts that are both a creative brief and a technical spec at the same time. It can take a prompt, create a detailed execution plan, and then generate the entire scaffold for a runnable web project, not just a single file. For example, say you have an idea for a visually impressive prototype—a 3D graphic for a landing page or a quick tech demo. Instead of spending hours setting up a graphics library and a local dev server, you can describe the entire project in one go and get a working starting point immediately.
Objective: Build a visually stunning, photorealistic 3D Voxel simulation of the Golden Gate Bridge using Three.js, prioritizing quality and complex visuals (no simple blocks), atmospheric depth and 60FPS performance. Visuals & Atmosphere: - Lighting: Slider (0-24h) controlling sun position, light intensity, sky color, and fog color. - Fog: Volumetric-style fog using sprite particles that drift and bob. Slider 0-100. 0 = True Zero (Crystal Clear). 100 = Dense but realistic (not whiteout). - Water: Custom GLSL shader with waves, specular reflections, and manual distance-based fog blending (exp2) for seamless horizon integration. - Post-Processing: ACESFilmic Tone Mapping and UnrealBloom (optimized for glowing lights at night). Scene Details: - Bridge: Art Deco towers with concrete piers (anchored to seabed), main span catenary cables, and suspenders. - Terrain: Low-poly Marin Headlands and SF Peninsula. - Skyline: Procedural city blocks on the SF side. - Traffic: Up to 400 cars using `InstancedMesh`, positioned accurately on top of the deck (ensure vertical alignment prevents clipping into the concrete). Each car features emissive headlights (white) and taillights (red). - Ships: Procedural cargo ships with hull, containers, and functional navigation lights (Port/Starboard/Mast/Cabin) moving along the water. - Nature: Animated flocking birds. - Night Mode: At night, activate city lights, car headlights, ship navigation lights, tower beacons, street lights. Tech & Controls: - Core: Must output only single HTML file `golden_gate_bridge.html` to be run in a blank Chrome tab. Import Three.js/Addons via CDN map. - `three` (Core library) via CDN (ES Modules). - `three/examples/jsm/...` modules via Import Map. - No build step (Vite/Webpack). Pure HTML/JS. - UI: Visually appealing sliders for Time (0-24h), Fog Density (0-100%), Traffic Density (0-100%), and Camera Zoom. - Optimization: `InstancedMesh` for all repetitive elements (cars, lights, birds). Plain text Copied
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2. Turn a visual idea into a working app You've sketched a UI and need to translate that visual concept into functional code. You can take a picture of your sketch, and then simply drag and drop the image file into your terminal. Gemini 3 Pro's multimodal understanding will analyze the drawing, identifying buttons, text boxes, and layout. It then generates the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code to bring your sketch to life.
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