You know how you enter Yaba Market — or any market in your local area — and everybody is shouting "Customer, come! I get correct jeans, cheap cheap!"? That is exactly what the AI world feels like right now. Every day, one company or the other is shouting that they have the "fastest," "smartest," or "most magical" computer brain. It is enough to give you a headache.

But relax. We are here to separate the noise from the koko (the real substance).

Google has just dropped Gemini 3, an update to their flagship model. And this time around, they did not come to play ludo. They are saying this one is not a chatbot that just talks plenty grammar. They say this one actually thinks before it speaks. I mean, they all do that, but this pronunciation from Google certainly adds another layer to it. If you look at the image below, you’ll see the highlighted part of the chatbox that reads: ‘Thinking’.

Is it just overhype? Or is it actually the tool that they say it is? Oya, make we check am na!

What is Gemini 3?

Think of the old AI (Gemini 1.0 or 1.5) like a very smart, enthusiastic intern. You ask a question, and fiam, they give you an answer immediately. Sometimes the answer is brilliant, sometimes it is... well, let’s just say it has "spirit of confusion."

Gemini 3 is different. It is like that senior manager or experienced uncle who, when you ask a tough question, takes off his glasses, wipes them, looks at the ceiling, and says, "Hmm, can I get back to you on this?" Then you start wondering what all the karamo is all about.

Well, the upside to that is that you get more effective responses to your queries. Instead of rushing to give you an answer, it takes a moment to plan, reason, and check itself. It is built to handle the "heavy lifting"—complex reasoning, coding, and understanding not just text, but video and images, all at the same time.

Benchmarks & Scores (For the Doubting Thomases)

I know some of you like numbers. You want to see the scorecard before you believe. Google took Gemini 3 to the gym, and the muscle don show!

1. Deep-Think (The Elder’s Pause): This feature is the biggest change. When you ask a hard question— like "Plan a logistics route for a delivery van in Lagos traffic, avoiding toll gates and maximizing fuel"— Gemini 3 doesn't just do Baba Dada CAC (Guesswork). It activates a "reasoning" mode.

   • It pauses (you actually see it thinking).

   • It breaks the problem down into steps.

   • It checks its own work for mistakes.

   This improves output quality and reduces the risk of hallucination.

2. The "Humanity’s Last Exam" Score (The PhD Test): There is a new, brutal test called Humanity's Last Exam. It is designed to be failed, like a jagged WAEC question aimed at PhD holders. Before Gemini 3, GPT 5 was the highest-ranking model on this test, with a score of 31.64. Gemini 3 scored 41%.

   Itunmo (Meaning): Gemini 3 is the smartest kid in the class!

   

   Screenshot from Google

3. The "Igbotic" Business Sense (Vending-Bench 2): They tested the AI on a simulation where it had to run a vending machine business for a year to make money.

• Other AIs: Made about $1,400 profit.

• Gemini 3: Made $5,400 profit.

• The Meaning: This thing has "street smarts." It made strategic decisions to maximize profit. It has the spirit of an Alaba merchant inside it.

4. Math & Coding (The "Efiko" Stats):

• Math: On the AIME 2025 test (a serious math competition), it scored 100% when allowed to use code tools. It doesn't miss.

• Coding: On LiveCodeBench, it beat GPT-5.1 comfortably. If you are a developer, I know say na wetin you wan hear be this!

5. The "All-Seeing Eye" (Native Multimodality): Many AIs struggle to see pictures and videos clearly. Gemini 3 was born seeing. You can show it a video (not just a picture) of your generator making a funny noise, and it can analyze the sound and the movement to tell you which part is loose.

6. Elephant Memory (1 Million Token Context Window): "Tokens" are just a fancy word for how much the AI can remember in a conversation. 1 million tokens is huge. For context, that’s more than twice the amount GPT 5 has (128k - 400k).

7. "Vibe Coding" (For the Non-Techies): You don't need to know Python. You just need to know English. You can just tell Gemini what you want. It understands the vibe (intent) and writes the code to match that feeling. It turns your "oyinbo" (English) into "Software.”

8. "Google Antigravity" (For the Tech Bros): This is a new playground for coders. It allows you to build "Agents" that have their own browsers and terminals. You can tell the AI, "Build me a website for selling Ankara fabrics, check what the competitors are charging, and set up the payment page." It doesn't just write the code; it can go to the browser, check prices, and come back to finish the job. He too sabi!

   

9. Visual Labs / Generative UI (This one be like Magic!): Before, if you asked for a recipe or a travel plan, the AI would give you a wall of text. Boring. Now, with Visual Labs, Gemini 3 makes the experience more visual. Think magazine style.

   If you ask, "Plan a weekend trip to Badagry," it won't just write a list. It will generate a beautiful, interactive layout with pictures of the slave museum, a map of the route, and clickable buttons for hotels. It creates a mini-website just for your answer.

LAST WARNING

We must be honest. No tool is perfect. This Gemini 3 sef get he own K-leg:

• Latency: Because it "thinks" before it speaks, it is not instant. You have to wait a few seconds. (But good soup takes time to cook, abi?)

• Data Consumption: All this "Deep Thinking" and video processing go chop your data. If you are managing a tight subscription, use the text-only mode.

KINI BIG DEAL (Why Does This Matter?)

My people, the train has left the station.

Gemini 3, or any other AI for that matter, is not just for "tech bros". It is for the market woman who wants to translate an invoice. It is for the student who wants to crush their exams. It is for YOU.

Go and play with it. Don't let the technology intimidate you. It is a tool, like a cutlass. If you know how to hold it, you can clear a path to your own success and innovation.

Stay curious, stay ahead.