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Google Releases Upgraded Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O Edition with Leading Coding and Multimodal Performance

The early-access update, launched ahead of Google I/O 2025, enhances web app development, video understanding, and developer functionality without altering pricing.

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Overview

  • Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O Edition was released on May 6, 2025, ahead of its planned debut at Google I/O, following strong developer feedback.
  • The update significantly improves coding capabilities, particularly for interactive web app development, and ranks #1 on the WebDev Arena Leaderboard with a +147 Elo point increase.
  • The model achieves state-of-the-art performance in video understanding, scoring 84.8% on the VideoMME benchmark, enabling advanced workflows like video-to-app generation.
  • Key developer feedback was addressed, including reductions in function-calling errors and improved trigger reliability, enhancing real-world usability.
  • The updated model is available at the same price via Google AI Studio, Vertex AI, and the Gemini app, ensuring broad accessibility for developers and users alike.