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In this video, I’ll walk you through every Gemini Code Assist update since June 12, covering Agent Mode upgrades, preview and diff views, checkpoints, multi-file editing, speed and performance gains, IntelliJ improvements, Google Cloud Console code customization, and more—with a quick demo and setup tips for VS Code and IntelliJ.
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Key Takeaways:
🧭 Full post–June 12 roadmap for Gemini Code Assist across VS Code and IntelliJ.
👀 Preview blocks for chat suggestions in VS Code, plus 🔁 checkpoints to safely revert AI-applied changes.
🤖 Agent Mode upgrades: plan/approve flow, editable steps, persistent state, multi-file edits, and full project context.
🧠 Gemini 2.5 Pro and 2.5 Flash are GA, powering smarter code, math, and science assistance.
✅ Checkpoints, selected code snippets, terminal output, and multi-file editing moved from preview to GA.
⚡ Faster code completions in VS Code for snappier suggestions.
🛑 IntelliJ can stop in-progress replies and shows Thinking Tokens for transparency.
🟩🟥 Inline diff in VS Code and chat diff in IntelliJ, plus multi-part suggestions and clickable filenames.
🛠️ Auto-Approve mode, real-time shell command output, improved UI performance, and persistent chat state.
🗂️ Code customization via Google Cloud Console: repo indexes, added repos, and groups for granular access control.
🚀 Lower CPU/memory usage, less extension slowdown, release channel banners, and chat history cleanup in IntelliJ.
🧰 Demo covers setup, local codebase awareness indexing, quick previews, and a files-changed modal.
🧩 MCPs used: Context 7 for documentation fetching and Byterover for a shareable memory layer.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:08 – New Gemini Code Assist Updates Overview (Agent, Persistence, Multi File)
06:48 – NinjaChat (Sponsor)
07:37 – Usage of new updates
09:42 – ByteRover
10:11 – Ending
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