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Step-by-step thinking mode
A built-in reasoning mode lets the model think step by step before answering.
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How sources treat it
One count per evidence span, weakest treatment to strongest.
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Evidence
1 span quoted from the sources, strongest treatment first.
Built-in reasoning mode that lets the model think step-by-step before answering.
optionalotherin Gemma 4Google DeepMind
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Other methods under inference & serving :: reasoning control.
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