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Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google said it is introducing an upgraded preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) that has improved capabilities for coding, especially building compelling interactive web apps.
Last month, the company said it was releasing early access to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition), an updated version of 2.5 Pro, for developers.
On Thursday, Google noted that building on the version it released in May and showed at its I/O event, the model will be the generally available, stable version starting in a couple of weeks, ready for enterprise-scale applications.
The latest 2.5 Pro reflects a 24-point Elo score jump on LMArena, maintaining its lead on the leaderboard at 1470, and a 35-point Elo jump to lead on WebDevArena at 1443, according to Google.
“It continues to excel at coding, leading on difficult coding benchmarks like Aider Polyglot. It also shows top-tier performance on GPQA and Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE), highly challenging benchmarks that evaluate a model’s math, science, knowledge and reasoning capabilities,” said Tulsee Doshi, senior director, product management in a blog post on Thursday.
The company noted that it also addressed feedback from its previous 2.5 Pro release, improving its style and structure, adding that the model can be more creative with better-formatted responses.
Google said developers can start building with the upgraded preview of 2.5 Pro in the Gemini API through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI — where the company has also added thinking budgets to give developers more control over cost and latency. The new model is rolling out today in the Gemini app, the company added.
Gemini competes with AI products from companies including Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI, Meta Platforms (META) and Anthropic.
Earlier on Thursday, Anthropic — which is backed by Amazon (AMZN) and Google — unveiled a custom set of Claude Gov models built exclusively for U.S. national security customers.
In April, Facebook parent Meta released a new standalone app, built on its Llama 4 LLM, that would compete with other chatbot apps such as Gemini, ChatGPT, DeepSeek (DEEPSEEK) and xAI’s Grok.