Last updated on November 18th, 2025 at 12:37 pm
Coming out to look, I have been watching AI announcements by Google a long time now and? It is a case of buzzwords and empty promises most of the years. But Google I/O 2025 felt different. What interests me is what they actually said they were going to announce in May 20-21, 2025, and here it is.
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Gemini 2.5 Is Legit Now
See, it is like that, and I am normally sceptical of next-gen AI models. But Gemini 2.5 Pro is no hype in marketing. It is now topping the LMArena leaderboard with a 1470 ELO score, which is a huge improvement over the initial Gemini Pro.
What does that mean for you? The model has now been able to process a 1 million token context window (it can expand to 2 million). Translation: you can feed it on whole codebases or huge documents. And then there is this Deep Think mode which is designed to solve complex math and code problems. I put it to the test on a few tricky Python debugging cases, and it did work through the debugging step-by-step, rather than relying on guess work.
What I am most anxious about, though, would be the Flash version. It is 20-30% more efficient, i.e., it takes shorter time to respond and is cheaper. Flash manages it without eating straight into your budget, if you simply need to create a chatbot or to get some simple answers.
Search Got a Brain Transplant.
Do you remember that Google Search used to simply search based on key words? That’s done. AI Mode is currently being deployed in the US, and it is fundamentally what search should have been the whole time.
You may also pose complicated queries such as; what is the best coding bootcamp to a person with a change in design under 5000 and flexible schedule? and it will really combine responses of various sources rather than operatively displaying you ten posts on blogs. It has built in what they call query fanout (just splits your query into bits and all three data sets of Google Knowledge Graph, Shopping, and Maps are searched at the same time).
And another one is Deep Search when you require research reports on expert level. I had used it during a work project on creating AI privacies regulations and within minutes, it created an incredibly detailed breakdown. It is not ideal, but at least better than reading and clicking on articles and wasting two hours.
The Tools You Can Put to the Test.
This is where Google I/O 2025 becomes actual. Google AI Studio is an open source, and it is free, in fact, free forever, and you can immediately begin experimenting with Gemini models without writing any code. It took me approximately 30 seconds to sign up and was testing prompts.
Gemini Code assist is now free to individuals as far as developers are concerned. It is compatible with VS Code as well as JetBrains and frankly, it has been taking care of my monotonous code-writing tasks rather well. It is also possible to put custom tasks that you perform frequently and this saves you a lot of time which is ridiculous.
What’s the Catch?
It is not all sunshine and AI magic. Majority of the features are US exclusive at current. In Europe, or other places, you have to wait on regulatory approvals. Their video generation tool, Veo 3, is confined to US, Canada, UK, and in parts of Europe. Project Astra? External US beta, no foreign time frame to date.
Privacy’s another thing. Google is gathering a lot of data to enable these features to be work – pattern of use, where, what is said. It is said that it is privacy by design, though, I would suggest having a read of the small print before linking all the apps you use to Gemini.
Should You Care?
My candid opinion is as follows: Google I/O 2025 announcements are important to the person who is either a developer or someone who works with AI tools on a daily basis. The availability of AI Studio and Gemini Code Assist which are free is in itself worthy of checking.
For everyone else? A change that is likely to be the most noticeable is AI Mode in Search. It is not a revolution, yet it is certainly superior to going through SEO spam to locate the real answers.
AI Studio is awakening around to begin with. It is free and has no requirement of any coding skills, and you will know in 10 minutes whether the artificial intelligence at Google actually helps you or it is yet another technology trend to ignore.
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