# Gemini 3.5 Pro delayed; Pichai looks to Gemini 4 for the frontier

Published: 2026-07-23T15:10:42.216Z · Source: Search Engine Journal (https://www.searchenginejournal.com/pichai-says-google-needs-gemini-4-to-compete-at-the-frontier/583214/)
Source date: 2026-07-23
Entities: google, gemini

On Alphabet's Q2 earnings call, Sundar Pichai named coding as an area to improve and said Google needs Gemini 4 for the next frontier — with Gemini 3.5 Pro still delayed, per Search Engine Journal.

Why it matters: Roadmap pressure at the top: the models under Search are behind where Google wants them.

## What this answers

**Is Google building Gemini 4?**

Pichai said on the Q2 call that Google needs Gemini 4 for the next frontier, naming coding as an area to improve — with Gemini 3.5 Pro still delayed.


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