Summary
In August 2026, Google expanded its Antigravity AI coding agents beyond their own desktop app with extensions for VS Code (available now), Visual Studio 2026 (preview), JetBrains IDEs (from 2026.2.1), and Zed, letting developers delegate multi-step engineering tasks, review inline diffs, and inspect plans from a side panel. Gemini Enterprise adds admin access controls and per-project monthly budget caps.
What changed
Google released Antigravity extensions for VS Code (now, on macOS/Linux/Windows), Visual Studio 2026 (preview), the JetBrains suite (from 2026.2.1), and Zed - bringing agent conversations, inline diff review, plan inspection, and multi-step task delegation into existing IDEs without moving projects into the Antigravity 2.0 desktop app. Gemini Enterprise provides admin enablement and monthly spend caps per Google Cloud project.
Why it matters
Meeting developers inside the IDEs they already use, rather than requiring a dedicated app, is how Copilot and Cursor won distribution; Antigravity's IDE expansion plus enterprise budget controls signals Google competing head-on for the in-editor agent surface.
Evidence excerpt
"Google expanded Antigravity into developers' existing workflows through new extensions for Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs and Zed," with Gemini Enterprise budget and access controls.