Gemini Code Assist
Gemini Code Assist is Google’s AI coding assistant for IDEs. Google’s Cloud documentation says new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions are no longer available for purchase, so check what your organisation already has before you plan around it.
What Gemini Code Assist does
- Gives code completions as you write, and generates full functions or code blocks from comments.
- Generates unit tests and helps with debugging, understanding and documenting your code.
- Works in supported IDEs such as VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and Android Studio.
- Gives contextualised responses to your prompts, including the source citations it used.
- Comes in Standard and Enterprise editions managed through Google Cloud.
What people use it for
Write a function from a comment
Describe what you need in a comment and review the code it generates.
Add tests
Ask for unit tests for a function, then run them and read what they check.
Understand unfamiliar code
Ask for an explanation or documentation of a block you did not write.
Who it suits
- Developers at organisations that already have Gemini Code Assist through Google Cloud.
- Developers comparing assistants who want to know what Google’s offering covers.
Plans and access
Google’s documentation says new Gemini Code Assist subscriptions are no longer available for purchase, and points to its pricing and quota pages for existing ones. Availability changes, so read Google’s current documentation or ask your Google Cloud admin before you rely on it. Review generated code and run your tests before you merge it.
How to start
- 1Read Google’s overview, including the notice on subscriptions. Open
- 2Ask your Google Cloud admin whether your organisation has Gemini Code Assist.
- 3If you have it, try a completion and a generated test in your IDE on a small function.
- 4Read the citations and run the tests before you accept any change.
Watch and learn
Videos from Google’s own channel, so you can learn it here. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. More on the Google Cloud Tech channel.
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Common questions about Gemini Code Assist
- What is Gemini Code Assist?
- Google describes it as AI-powered assistance to help development teams build, deploy and operate applications across the software development lifecycle.
- Can I still buy it?
- Google’s documentation says new Gemini Code Assist subscriptions are no longer available for purchase.
- Which editors does it work in?
- Google lists supported IDEs such as VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and Android Studio.
- Does it show where its answers come from?
- Google says it provides contextualised responses including the source citations it used. Open them before you rely on an answer.
Where this comes from
Written from the maker’s own pages, read on 2026-10-13. Plans, limits and features change, so the page you land on is the source.
- Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise overview, Google Cloud Documentation
- Gemini Code Assist overview, Google for Developers
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