Programmers, do you get window-switch whiplash? Google’s new Code Assist aims to help [Video]

When we last visited Gemini Code Assist back in April, the product was in pre-release. Code Assist ran using Gemini 1.5. Now it’s been released and updated to what Google (we haven’t tried it yet) says is the much more capable Gemini 2.0.

Today, Google is announcing Gemini Code Assist tools, which Ryan J. Salva, senior director, product management, and Prithpal Bhogill, group product manager, describe in today’s blog post as a “connected development ecosystem.”

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They also describe Code Assist tools as “a paradigm shift in how developers get the information they need to build and manage apps.”

Hmm… David’s First Rule of Technology Marketing is if a product manager loves how you describe a benefit, don’t use it in your marketing copy. The corollary to David’s First Rule is that if your engineers like how the product is described, so will your tech customers.

Product managers just …