Google Unveils Free AI Coding Assistant with Extremely High Usage Limits
April 25, 2025
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On Tuesday, Google unveiled a fresh, free version of its AI-powered code completion and assistance tool, dubbed Gemini Code Assist for individuals. Alongside this, they launched Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, an innovative code review "agent" that autonomously searches for bugs and provides suggestions right within the GitHub platform.
Gemini Code Assist for individuals allows developers to engage with a Google AI model through a chat interface, using natural language to access and modify their codebase. Similar to GitHub's well-known Copilot, this tool can fix bugs, complete code sections, or clarify confusing parts of the code.
The AI behind Google's coding assistant is a specialized version of the Gemini 2.0 model, optimized specifically for coding tasks. It seamlessly integrates with popular development environments like VS Code and JetBrains through plugins, supporting a wide array of programming languages.
What's impressive about Code Assist for individuals is its generous allowance of 180,000 code completions monthly—that's a whopping 90 times more than the free GitHub Copilot's 2,000 completions. Additionally, users get 240 chat requests daily, almost five times the amount offered by the free GitHub Copilot plan.
The engine driving Code Assist for individuals boasts a 128,000-token context window, which Google claims is over four times larger than competitors'. This means the model can process more code at once, making it easier to handle complex codebases.
Starting Tuesday, developers can sign up for the free public preview of Gemini Code Assist for individuals.
Gemini Code Assist for GitHub
On the other hand, Gemini Code Assist for GitHub automatically reviews pull requests for bugs and offers additional, potentially useful recommendations.
Google's Strategy in the Developer Tools Market
These new tools are part of Google's intensified push to challenge Microsoft and its subsidiary, GitHub, in the developer tools arena. Seven months ago, Google recruited Ryan Salva, former head of the GitHub Copilot team, to lead their developer tooling initiatives.
By providing a free AI coding assistant with high usage limits, Google aims to attract early-career developers to Code Assist, as Salva shared in a TechCrunch interview. The strategy is to encourage these users to eventually upgrade to an enterprise version of Code Assist, where Google plans to generate revenue.
Google has been offering Gemini Code Assist to businesses for about a year now. In December, they announced that the AI coding assistant would integrate with third-party tools from GitLab, GitHub, and Google Docs. Enterprise tiers of Code Assist come with enhanced features such as audit logs, integration with other Google Cloud products, and the ability to customize for private repositories.
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April 25, 2025
FrankRodriguez
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On Tuesday, Google unveiled a fresh, free version of its AI-powered code completion and assistance tool, dubbed Gemini Code Assist for individuals. Alongside this, they launched Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, an innovative code review "agent" that autonomously searches for bugs and provides suggestions right within the GitHub platform.
Gemini Code Assist for individuals allows developers to engage with a Google AI model through a chat interface, using natural language to access and modify their codebase. Similar to GitHub's well-known Copilot, this tool can fix bugs, complete code sections, or clarify confusing parts of the code.
The AI behind Google's coding assistant is a specialized version of the Gemini 2.0 model, optimized specifically for coding tasks. It seamlessly integrates with popular development environments like VS Code and JetBrains through plugins, supporting a wide array of programming languages.
What's impressive about Code Assist for individuals is its generous allowance of 180,000 code completions monthly—that's a whopping 90 times more than the free GitHub Copilot's 2,000 completions. Additionally, users get 240 chat requests daily, almost five times the amount offered by the free GitHub Copilot plan.
The engine driving Code Assist for individuals boasts a 128,000-token context window, which Google claims is over four times larger than competitors'. This means the model can process more code at once, making it easier to handle complex codebases.
Starting Tuesday, developers can sign up for the free public preview of Gemini Code Assist for individuals.
Gemini Code Assist for GitHub
On the other hand, Gemini Code Assist for GitHub automatically reviews pull requests for bugs and offers additional, potentially useful recommendations.
Google's Strategy in the Developer Tools Market
These new tools are part of Google's intensified push to challenge Microsoft and its subsidiary, GitHub, in the developer tools arena. Seven months ago, Google recruited Ryan Salva, former head of the GitHub Copilot team, to lead their developer tooling initiatives.
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Google has been offering Gemini Code Assist to businesses for about a year now. In December, they announced that the AI coding assistant would integrate with third-party tools from GitLab, GitHub, and Google Docs. Enterprise tiers of Code Assist come with enhanced features such as audit logs, integration with other Google Cloud products, and the ability to customize for private repositories.
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