Google 7/13 Gemini 3.5 Pro mid-July: agent scaffolds + image-edit endpoint, no price change

Google on 2026-07-13 publishes a mid-July tier update for Gemini 3.5 Pro emphasizing agent scaffolds (server-side tool-use loop) + a new image-edit-via-namespace endpoint; pro-tier pricing unchanged. Self-reported figures include MMLU-Pro 86.3, GPQA-Diamond 79.1, SWE-Bench Verified 71.2, BFCL v3 68.9, Terminal-Bench 2.1 78.5. Deployment via Gemini API + Vertex AI.