A few months ago, we launched the public previews of our free AI-coding assistant, Gemini Code Assist for individuals, and our code review agent, Gemini Code Assist for GitHub. Since our February preview announcement, we’ve been requesting input, listening to feedback and shipping capabilities developers are asking for.
Now we’re announcing that Gemini Code Assist for individuals and Gemini Code Assist for GitHub are generally available, and developers can get started in less than a minute. Gemini 2.5 now powers both the free and paid versions of Gemini Code Assist, features advanced coding performance; and helps developers excel at tasks like creating visually compelling web apps, along with code transformation and editing.
We know developers spend a lot of time personalizing their coding environment so they can be more efficient and work better in team settings. Our latest updates to Gemini Code Assist, across all versions, give more customization options for you and your team’s preferences. This includes more ways to customize workflows to fit different project needs, the ability to more easily pick up tasks exactly from where you were left off, and new tooling to enforce a team’s coding standards, style guides and architectural patterns. Here are some examples of recent updates you can explore in Gemini Code Assist:
Quickly resume where you left off and jump into new directions with chat history and threads.Shape Gemini’s responses by specifying rules (i.e., “always add unit tests”) that you want applied to every AI generation in the chat.Automate repetitive tasks by creating custom commands (i.e., “generate exception handling logic”)Save time by choosing to review and accept chat code suggestions in parts, across files, or accept all together. Reviewing and accepting code suggestions is now significantly improved.
And when we make a 2 million token context window available on Vertex AI, Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise developers will get it too. This expanded context window will help developers with complex tasks at large scale, like bug tracing, code transformations, and generating comprehensive onboarding guides for people new to a vast codebase.
New data shows that Gemini Code Assist significantly helps developers get things done. In an experiment comparing developers using Gemini Code Assist to developers without any coding assistance tools, we found that Gemini Code Assist significantly boosts developers’ odds of success in completing common development tasks by 2.5 times.
Download the Gemini Code Assist extension in Visual Studio Code or JetBrains IDEs and access our code review agent via the GitHub app. Plus, you can now take advantage of Gemini in Android Studio for businesses to tap Gemini at every stage of the Android development lifecycle.