Google incites developers to switch from Gemini CLI to the newly-launched Antigravity CLI
Google has announced it is discontinuing Gemini CLI, merging its functionality into the newly launched Antigravity CLI as part of their agent-first Antigravity platform. This change aims to deliver a unified developer experience, shifting all efforts and support to Antigravity CLI and its server-side harness. While feature parity is not complete from the outset, Antigravity CLI retains the most critical Gemini CLI features, such as agent skills, hooks, subagents, and extension support, reintroduced as Antigravity plugins.
Antigravity CLI is built in Go and offers a faster, more responsive interface. It can orchestrate multiple agents in the background, enabling developers to handle complex code refactors or multi-topic research without blocking their terminal. The tool shares its agent harness with Antigravity 2.0, the new desktop app, allowing core agent improvements to propagate automatically across supported platforms.
Developers can continue workflows like code scaffolding, cloud provisioning, and quick Q&A in the new CLI. Antigravity CLI is available to all users starting today. However, Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions will stop serving requests for all tiers, including GitHub organizations, on June 18, 2026.
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- An important update: Transitioning Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLIGoogle • Official source
- Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool at IO 2026TechCrunch
- Bye-bye, Gemini CLI; Google nudges devs toward Antigravitytheregister
- Google Antigravity 2.0 becoming full agentic development suite9to5Google
- Google Antigravity 2.0 is Your New Android Coding Hub; Google AI Studio Gets Mobile AppAndroid Headlines
- Google is making Gemini CLI users switch to its new Antigravity 2.0 - so what will it mean for you?TechRadar
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You know, one of the best things and only reasons to actually have a Google AI subscription was because you got different pools of usage for the CLI and antigravity. I'm guessing one of the biggest reasons for this change is not because it's actually better, but because they wanted a good excuse for merging your pools.
The funny thing is, I was actually looking forward to seeing what new models Google released. Then whenever they started merging your quota pools and Removing your ability to use three flash and antigravity and forcing you to use 3.5 flash... It changed from, this could be interesting, to, where's the cancel button?
Gemini was already one of the worst priced subscriptions for AI. Even in the current day and age where everybody's getting stingier. That's why Google has to offer you all of the extra stuff, like the cloud storage, because they need an excuse as to why you're overpaying so bad. So if you don't need the cloud storage and extras, it's a bad deal. In a lot of ways, Google is the cable company of the AI world. It's only worth it if you need the whole bundle.