Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: Advanced Coding and Interactive Web App Development Now Available

Introducing Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O Edition)

The early access release of Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) is now available, bringing enhanced coding capabilities that focus on building interactive web applications. Originally planned for launch at Google I/O, this update was released early due to strong enthusiasm from the developer community eager to start building with it.

What’s New in Gemini 2.5 Pro?

This version builds on the positive reception of Gemini 2.5 Pro’s coding and multimodal reasoning features. Improvements extend beyond UI development to include code transformation, code editing, and the creation of complex agentic workflows. These additions make the model more versatile for a wide range of programming tasks.

• Improved tools for interactive web app development
• Enhanced code editing and transformation features
• Support for complex, agent-driven workflows

Performance Highlights

Gemini 2.5 Pro now leads the WebDev Arena Leaderboard, improving its score by 147 Elo points compared to the previous version. This ranking reflects user preference for models that produce both aesthetically pleasing and functional web applications.

The model also maintains strong multimodal performance, particularly in video understanding, scoring 84.8% on the VideoMME benchmark. This makes it a valuable tool for projects involving native multimodality and long context processing.

Industry Feedback

Michael Truell, CEO of Cursor, an AI coding tool, highlighted a significant reduction in failures to call tools with this update. This enhancement increases the model’s effectiveness in real-world coding scenarios, especially within the Cursor environment.

How to Get Started

Developers can access the updated Gemini 2.5 Pro via the Gemini API through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI. It’s also integrated into the Gemini app, powering features like Canvas. This enables users to quickly code and build interactive web applications with simple prompts.

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