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Google releases its Interactions API to general availability as the default interface for Gemini models and agents

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Google has shifted its Gemini API default to the Interactions API, now generally available as the single endpoint for both everyday model calls and full agent orchestration, with the older generateContent path kept only for legacy support. New agent capabilities, including the Antigravity remote Linux sandbox, background execution, and multimodal tool calls, will roll out here first.

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid#1404inTech

The Interactions API is now generally available. 🎉 The Interactions API is the simplest way to build with Gemini for humans and agents.

- One API for Gemini models and agents. - Antigravity Agent with a isolated remote Linux sandbox. - Image gen with Nano Banana; music with Lyria 3, soon video with Omni. - `background=True` for async, long-running interactions. - Multimodal Tool Use & Combination. - Dedicated skills for coding agent.

Building something new inside Google isn't easy, but it's possible. We spent almost a year on this because we think developers and agents deserve an API that is intuitive, familiar and easy to learn and use and evolves with improving capabilities and new behaviors.

Give it a try. Feature requests, bugs, complaints all to me. 👇🏻

10:19 AM · Jun 22, 2026 · 5.5K Views

Sandbox Security

Remote Sandbox Lets Agents Run Code Safely

The Antigravity agent ships with an isolated Linux environment that keeps untrusted actions contained while still allowing real tool use, giving developers a practical way to test agent behaviors without exposing their own systems.

Async Power

Background Mode Supports Long Tasks Without Blocking

Setting background=true hands off extended workflows so the client can check status later, a useful pattern when agents need time for research or multi-step generation, though exact rate limits and pricing details remain unspecified in the release notes.

Sentiment

Positive users praise Google's Interactions API for Gemini models as awesome and simplifying agent development via sandbox isolation, while negative users call the release useless and criticize Google for falling behind.

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Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganK

Today we are shipping the Interactions API into GA, our new API designed to let you orchestrate across models and agents in the same interface, and is our new default API going forward. Interactions sets the stage for the new era of Agents : )

Google AI Studio@GoogleAIStudio

http://x.com/i/article/2069077093036576768

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

Interactions API is now GA. Your coding agent doesn't know that yet. Install the skill and it will:

``` npx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --skill gemini-interactions-api --global ```

The skill gives your agent baked-in rules for the Interactions API, correct SDK patterns, current model versions. You can migrate an existing app with one prompt:

``` /gemini-interactions-api migrate my app to use the new interactions api. ```

It applies every API change from the migration guide automatically. Works in Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot and others.

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Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganK

great work by @alihcevik @_philschmid and so many others across Google for making this API and getting us setup for the future!

Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganK

Today we are shipping the Interactions API into GA, our new API designed to let you orchestrate across models and agents in the same interface, and is our new default API going forward. Interactions sets the stage for the new era of Agents : )

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

Blog: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/interactions-api-general-availability/ Quickstart: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/quickstart

Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

The Interactions API is now generally available. 🎉 The Interactions API is the simplest way to build with Gemini for humans and agents.

- One API for Gemini models and agents. - Antigravity Agent with a isolated remote Linux sandbox. - Image gen with Nano Banana; music with Lyria 3, soon video with Omni. - `background=True` for async, long-running interactions. - Multimodal Tool Use & Combination. - Dedicated skills for coding agent.

Building something new inside Google isn't easy, but it's possible. We spent almost a year on this because we think developers and agents deserve an API that is intuitive, familiar and easy to learn and use and evolves with improving capabilities and new behaviors.

Give it a try. Feature requests, bugs, complaints all to me. 👇🏻

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

@OfficialLoganK So excited for this! Big Kudos to the whole team.

Give it a try. Feature requests, bugs, complaints all to me.

Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganK

Today we are shipping the Interactions API into GA, our new API designed to let you orchestrate across models and agents in the same interface, and is our new default API going forward. Interactions sets the stage for the new era of Agents : )

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logan Wengfeng🐳🐲@love_deepseek

@OfficialLoganK Useless release, Google DeepMind Falling Under All Mainstream AI Company , Gemini 3.1 Pro fucks and sucks, Hope Gemini 3.5 Pro will fail too, GDM will never catch up @OfficialLoganK , always release idiot model

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

Docs: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/get-started Skill: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills/tree/main

Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

Interactions API is now GA. Your coding agent doesn't know that yet. Install the skill and it will:

``` npx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --skill gemini-interactions-api --global ```

The skill gives your agent baked-in rules for the Interactions API, correct SDK patterns, current model versions. You can migrate an existing app with one prompt:

``` /gemini-interactions-api migrate my app to use the new interactions api. ```

It applies every API change from the migration guide automatically. Works in Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot and others.

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Furkan Gözükara@FurkanGozukara

@OfficialLoganK @LyalinDotCom Eveyeone waiting pro 3.5

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Vivek Naskar@vivek_naskar

@OfficialLoganK This looks hella interesting. Any dates for 3.5 Pro model release?

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Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganK

@yashjitp which model?

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

@devloperhs @OfficialLoganK It is no GA and recommended for production use. Docs pages will show it by default and you can expect more cool new features and models coming to that api.

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rahul@ErRahul337

@OfficialLoganK How does tool calling feel compared to the previous version? Planning to test Deep Research agent with it this week

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Assistant🎀🥀💲🪳@FadedC60430

@OfficialLoganK All extra details below🌹🍁 👇

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Secretary💙💜🌸🍇🎸@YReade80316

@OfficialLoganK All extra details below🌟🎌 👇

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harsh@devloperhs

@_philschmid @OfficialLoganK Amazing , glad to know this. Is docs updated.

Planning to use it for building voice interaction products / personal projects , makes it very simple with single entry point.

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Bharath Kumar@YTTBharathkumar

@OfficialLoganK @yashjitp The mostly in claude getting retry only, today I try more then 30-35 times but retry only. Same thing happens in gemini models also is some times, _↓_

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elvis@omarsar0

@OfficialLoganK Haven't read, but is there any chance we are getting an API dedicated to routing between Gemini LLMs, like Fugu or Fusion API from Open Router?

Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganK

Today we are shipping the Interactions API into GA, our new API designed to let you orchestrate across models and agents in the same interface, and is our new default API going forward. Interactions sets the stage for the new era of Agents : )

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G2G@Gaming2Gamers

@OfficialLoganK Nah more like;

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G2G@Gaming2Gamers

@OfficialLoganK

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Philipp Schmid@_philschmid

@yashjitp @OfficialLoganK Soon

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