Google recently held its annual I/O conference, a event primarily aimed at software developers, where the company showcased numerous advancements in AI and developer tools. The conference followed a keynote address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who highlighted the company’s achievements and set the stage for the technical presentations that followed.
One of the key highlights was the introduction of Stitch, an experimental AI service designed to create user interface designs for web and mobile applications. This tool allows developers to input a prompt describing their desired application, and it generates a design that can be exported as CSS/HTML or further refined in Figma. Stitch utilizes Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash AI models, which support building AI applications capable of real-time communication in 24 languages.
Google also announced that its asynchronous coding agent, Jules, has entered public beta. Jules can independently craft code, fix bugs, and perform tests on GitHub repositories without human oversight, although developer approval is required to merge the AI-generated changes. The Gemini 2.5 Pro model has been integrated into Android Studio, bringing two significant capabilities: Journeys for app testing and Version Upgrade Agent for automatically updating dependencies and resolving potential errors.
For web developers, Google introduced new CSS primitives that simplify the creation of carousels – scrolling content areas – using just a few lines of CSS and HTML. This innovation was tested by Pinterest, resulting in a 90% reduction in carousel code. Additionally, the Interest Invoker API is now available as an origin trial, allowing for the toggling of popover menus when users show interest in specific website content.
Chrome DevTools now incorporates Gemini AI assistance for styling, performance optimization, and debugging. With the release of Chrome 138, web developers can access built-in AI capabilities, including the Summarizer API, Language Detector API, Translator API, and Prompt API for Chrome Extensions. Firebase, Google’s backend-as-a-service, has also received AI-oriented improvements, including support for Figma imports.
Other notable announcements included the launch of Google AI Ultra, a premium subscription plan offering advanced AI models and features, and enhancements to various Google services such as Gemini Code Assist and Google Colab. The company also unveiled new models in its Gemma family, including Gemma 3n for low-RAM environments and MedGemma for medical text and image comprehension.
