Google is releasing 'Agent Mode' for Gemini in Android Studio, allowing developers to delegate routine and complex tasks like generating tests, refactoring, and UI implementation to AI, enhancing productivity. Available in the latest Narwhal Canary release, it supports interaction with external tools and offers a high token context window for more detailed instructions. Business users will get automatic access to enhanced features, with future updates planned.
Google's AI-powered app development assistant in Android Studio, previously known as Studio Bot, has been upgraded to the Gemini 1.0 Pro model, offering significant improvements in response quality. Renamed as "Gemini in Android Studio," the tool can provide context-based code completions and assist in creating AI-powered experiences. Developers can use it for free during the preview period and access new features in the latest Android Studio Canary release, including the "Gemini API Starter" project template and "Google Generative AI" code sample.
Google has announced Studio Bot, an AI assistant for Android developers to help write and debug code. Built on Codey and the revised PaLM 2 large language model, Studio Bot is part of Android Studio and is currently only available to US developers. It behaves as a conversational experience, interacting with developers as an advisor. Google also announced plans to launch a Codey-based code generation tool that is more akin to GitHub's Copilot.
