Google's Antigravity puts coding productivity before AI hype - and the result is astonishing

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Google unveils Antigravity, a productivity-focused AI coding IDE.
• Built on VS Code, it enables instant familiarity and plugin support.
• Screenshots, recordings, and browser testing power agent workflows.

Google today announced a new(ish) programmer's development environment called Antigravity. The company calls it "a new era in AI-assisted software development." And, from a first look I took at its functionality via this video, it well might be. At least for some things.

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Some aspects of Antigravity are definitely astonishingly good. It has some features that I think can truly help move your agent-assisted programming forward in very productive ways.

But let's bring this announcement back to earth for a minute. Although ...