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Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool at IO 2026

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At Google IO 2026, the company unveiled a new version of its agentic coding app, Google Antigravity 2.0, with an updated desktop app, a CLI tool, and an SDK for custom workflows. The company launched its Antigravity tool last year as a response to agentic coding software such as Cursor.

The company said that with the new desktop app, users can orchestrate multiple agents and execute tasks simultaneously. Plus, you can design custom subagent workflows and schedule tasks that can automatically run in the background. The new app also easily lets you integrate projects with Google AI Studio, Android, and Firebase.

A lot of this is powered by the company’s new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, which was co-developed using Antigravity, Google said.

Google is also adding native voice command support to Antigravity, just like it has added to multiple consumer products, including Gmail and Docs. And it’s launching...

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