Google has announced that its AI-powered coding assistant Jules is now available to the public, expanding access to a tool it hopes will redefine how developers interact with code.
Google has announced that its AI-powered coding assistant Jules is now available to the public.
Previously available in limited preview, Jules is an asynchronous coding agent” designed to help developers build and debug software without the need for continuous back-and-forth.
Users submit a coding task, and Jules works independently in the background, writing, testing and iterating before returning a detailed response.
Google says Jules is designed to “go beyond autocomplete” by breaking tasks into subtasks and using tools like code execution, web search and documentation lookup.
The assistant has been in development for over a year and was built using Google’s Gemini AI models.
Reena Sukraj, product lead for Google Labs, said in a statement: “Jules thinks like a software engineer. It doesn’t just give you a snippet – it tries, tests, and sometimes even changes direction, like a real engineer would when tackling a problem.”
Now available in 200 countries, Jules can be accessed via Google Labs, and supports tasks in multiple programming languages, including Python, JavaScript and TypeScript.
Developers can submit a job and check back once it’s complete, with the agent automatically saving progress and reasoning steps.
Google is positioning Jules as part of a new generation of agents that operate more autonomously than traditional chatbots or AI coding tools.
Sukraj added: “With Jules, we’re exploring what it means to give users not just answers, but actual results.”
The release follows growing interest in AI-assisted software development tools, with rivals like GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer also expanding their features.
However, Jules sets itself apart with its “set it and forget it” approach, offering a workflow closer to delegating tasks to a junior developer than typing prompts into a chatbot.
Google says it will continue improving Jules based on developer feedback.
Google releases asynchronous coding agent to everyone
