Coding is something that AI models have proven very useful for, but as Google shifts focus to its Antigravity tools, the company is shutting down Gemini Code Assist tools for consumer-level use.

Google has announced that it will sunset the consumer version of Gemini Code Assist for GitHub. The tool will be deprecated starting on June 18, 2026. It will be fully shut down on July 17, 2026.

This mode was introduced last month to the Insiders Channel for VS Code to expand the capabilities of Code Assist beyond prompts and responses to support actions like multiple file edits, full project ...

As Google’s senior director of product management for developer tools, Ryan J. Salva has a front-row seat to the ways AI tools are changing coding. Formerly of GitHub and Microsoft, he’s now ...