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Gemini APISep 17, 2026

Antigravity Agent 09-2026: Released antigravity-preview-09-2026, which replaces and deprecates…

Antigravity Agent 09-2026: Released antigravity-preview-09-2026, which replaces and deprecates antigravity-preview-05-2026. If you run on a remote sandbox (environment: "remote") and read only output_text or model_output steps, update the agent string and nothing else changes. If you run tools locally (local_environment) or parse function_call steps, the built-in tools changed. Parameters use PascalCase instead of snake_case, and file edits use line-range replacements instead of full rewrites. Capability 05-2026 09-2026 File creation write_file(path, content) write_to_file(TargetFile, CodeContent, Overwrite, Description) File editing write_file(path, content), full rewrite replace_file_content(TargetFile, StartLine, EndLine, TargetContent, ReplacementContent) File reading read_file(path, offset, limit), byte offsets view_file(AbsolutePath, StartLine, EndLine, ContentOffset) Directory listing list_files(path) list_dir(DirectoryPath) File and code search None, agents used shell commands find_by_name(SearchDirectory, Pattern, MaxDepth) and grep_search(SearchPath, Query, IsRegex) Shell execution code_execution(command, timeout_seconds) Unchanged Web search google_search(queries) Unchanged See the Antigravity Agent guide. antigravity-preview-05-2026 shuts down on October 5, 2026, tracked on the deprecations page.

What's new in Gemini

Gemini CLI 0.61.0

Direct subagent messaging syntax, Vim numeric count multipliers, headless lifecycle handling, and…

Proportional context compaction budgets, full-window sizing, custom model media support, and leak fixes

Windows Subsystem for Linux, Office attachments, and live subagent cards

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New models: Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS

Local model support with LiteRT and LocalOpenAI, standardized evaluation presets, and custom subagent models

Inline Kitty graphics for math and Mermaid diagrams, interactive ask_question navigation, dedicated rule…

Windows sandbox support

Gemini 2.5 models access update: To ensure reliable performance for everyone, we are limiting access to the…

Session-scoped Remote Control, unlimited headless run timeouts, structured error reporting, and artifact…

Custom agent controls and keyboard navigation

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Subagent roster prompt injection, background task names, credential invalidation handling, and thinking…

Live skill reloading, interactive model search, mid-session thought signature fixes, and self-correcting…

Gemini CLI 0.60.0

Copy support for side questions, native backend tool-choice constraints, and subagent MCP inheritance

New Permissions System & Terminal and Git version control for Enterprise

New models: Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Conversation compaction controls, forward-looking budget scopes, and tool output token truncation

Plugin MCP namespacing, conversation memory leak fixes, oversized file guardrails, and unsandboxed rule…

Custom agent component exclusions, resilient model API retry handling, and conversation continuation fixes

Bring Google Gemini to your PC with the new Windows app

Background service registration with remote-control, expanded half-page scrolling, and content safety…

Model API retry resilience, headless print optimizations, and detailed tool approval prompts

Introducing new Documents section and several UX enhancements for organization and control

Gemini CLI 0.59.0

Mid-conversation model execution, custom agent subagent dependencies, and MCP parameter validation fixes

Artifact viewer half-page scrolling, workspace picker grouping setting, and SQLite WAL flushing

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