Google on Tuesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.5 Professional Preview (I/O version), an up to date model of its flagship Gemini 2.5 Pro AI mannequin that the corporate claims tops quite a lot of extensively used benchmarks.
Gemini 2.5 Professional Preview (I/O version) is offered through the Gemini API and Google’s Vertex AI and AI Studio platforms, and is priced the identical because the Gemini 2.5 Professional mannequin it successfully replaces. It’s additionally in Google’s Gemini chatbot app for the net and for cell gadgets.
The mannequin’s launch comes forward of Google’s annual I/O developer convention (therefore the “I/O version” designation), the place Google is predicted to unveil a bunch of fashions, in addition to AI-powered instruments and platforms. The corporate is competing fiercely for mindshare and marketshare within the cutthroat AI race; rivals like OpenAI and xAI are on the cusp of releasing fashions which can be anticipated to be extremely performant.
Based on Google, Gemini 2.5 Professional Preview (I/O version) has “considerably” improved capabilities for coding and constructing interactive net apps. The mannequin can also be higher at duties like code transformation — that’s, modifying a chunk of code to realize a particular aim — and code modifying, the corporate says.
In a blog post, Google notes that Gemini 2.5 Professional Preview (I/O version) leads the WebDev Area Leaderboard, a benchmark measuring a mannequin’s potential to create aesthetically pleasing and useful net apps. Gemini 2.5 Professional Preview (I/O version) additionally has state-of-the-art efficiency in video understanding, attaining a rating of 84.8% on one in style benchmark, VideoMME.
“For builders already utilizing Gemini 2.5 Professional, this new model won’t solely enhance coding efficiency however can even tackle key developer suggestions together with lowering errors in operate calling and bettering operate calling set off charges,” wrote Google in its weblog submit. “By default, the mannequin has an actual style for aesthetic net improvement whereas sustaining its steerability.”