Gemini could soon read through code folders

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Google’s Gemini is one of the most powerful AI tools on the market, and the company is making it more powerful every day. You can upload individual files for it to analyze, but it’s still confined to only reading one file at a time. However, according to a new report, it looks like Gemini will soon be able to read code folders.

This leak comes from an APK teardown, so you’ll want to take this news with a grain of salt. It came from code hidden within the Google app (v15.47.28 beta). While the code is there, it doesn’t mean that Google will release this feature. It could take it away at any point, so you’ll need to keep that in mind.

Gemini could soon read code folders

Gemini and ChatGPT are locked in heated competition, and each brings features over one another. Currently, ChatGPT lets you upload folders so it can read through multiple documents. Gemini doesn’t at the moment, but this could change, according to the report.

AssembleDebug collaborated with Android Authority to reveal some strings within the Google app:

<string name=”assistant_chat_code_folder_attachment_file_type”&gt;Code folder</string>

When enabled, this feature will let you upload code folders to Gemini. The chatbot can already read code files, which is a good feature. This way, Gemini can give the users feedback on their code and help them along the way. However, projects typically use more than one code file, so it’s tough for Gemini to get the full context of the project by reading only one file.

So, as per the string, Google could give Gemini the ability to read through entire code folders. This will let Gemini understand entire projects. At this point, we don’t know when Google will launch this feature, if at all. It seems likely that it will, as uploading code folders is too useful of a feature not to have.

While the string was for the mobile version of Gemini, TestingCatelog found evidence pointing to this feature coming to the web version as well. So, it seems that Google is serious about pushing this feature.