Bot to the Future: Two Years Later

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest updates to Studio Bot and its role in the development process.

Join Tor and Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team to learn about the latest updates to Studio Bot (Gemini in Android Studio) that dropped at Google I/O 2025 including Agent Mode. Building on their conversation from two years ago about the Studio Bot, they explore Gemini's role in every stage of development, from design to building, testing, and maintenance, the future of coding companions, and more. Studio Bot podcast episode → https://goo.gle/3ZM0Wwx

People in this episode

Host: Tor

Guests: Siva Velusamy, Sandhya Mohan

Topics covered

• Android Studio
• Studio Bot
• Gemini
• development tools
• coding companions
• software updates

Keywords

• Studio Bot
• Gemini
• Android Studio
• development
• coding companions
• Google I/O

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Android Studio, Google

Products: Studio Bot, Gemini

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