Google has released early access to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition), an updated version with enhanced coding capabilities specifically for building interactive web applications. Originally scheduled for Google I/O in coming weeks, Google moved the release forward due to overwhelming developer enthusiasm. This builds on positive feedback for the model's coding and multimodal reasoning abilities across various development tasks.

The updated model now leads the WebDev Arena Leaderboard, surpassing its predecessor by 147 Elo points. It excels at creating aesthetically pleasing and functional web applications while extending improvements to code transformation, editing, and complex agentic workflows. The model maintains strong multimodality capabilities with state-of-the-art video understanding scoring 84.8% on VideoMME benchmark.

Developers can access Gemini 2.5 Pro through the Gemini API via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI. The model also powers features like Canvas in the Gemini app, enabling users to build interactive web applications with a single prompt. This early release demonstrates Google's commitment to getting powerful AI tools into developers' hands as quickly as possible.