Gemini 2.5 Pro Update Boosts Coding Abilities Ahead of Google I/O Splash

Google is releasing an updated version of Gemini 2.5 Pro ahead of its Google I/O conference later this month that it says will have significantly improved coding capabilities. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview I/O Edition is especially good at "building compelling interactive web apps," the company said in a press release on Tuesday. It's an area with intense competition among Google and its AI rivals. In February, Google released Gemini's free Code Assistant, a model that offered "practically unlimited" use at 180,000 completions a month. But to get the maximum out of it, users would have had to code for 14 hours a day every day. The coding assistant in Gemini 2.5 Pro is a more powerful option, and Gemini 2.5 Pro now leads on the WebDev Arena Leaderboard, surpassing its previous version. Google, Anthropic, Meta and ChatGPT maker OpenAI have all been trading blows to be No. 1 on benchmark leaderboards. For tech companies, it's a solid indicator of who's dominating in that arena and fuels future ... Read full article.