# Get the most out of Firebase Studio's default built-in model, Gemini 2.5 Pro

DevFeed: [Get the most out of Firebase Studio's default built-in model, Gemini 2.5 Pro](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/get-the-most-out-of-firebase-studio-s-default-built-in-model-gemini-2-5-pro-16629.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2025/09/firebase-studio-builtin-model>)

Author: Ali Satter; James O'Reilly

Published: 2025-09-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [multimodal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multimodal.md>), [Vue.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vue.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code-generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-generation.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firebase-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase-studio.md>), [gemini](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gemini.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [multimodal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multimodal.md>), [project-idx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project-idx.md>), [vue-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vue-js.md>)

## AI overview

Firebase Studio now uses Gemini 2.5 Pro as its built-in model by default, giving users access without requiring a Gemini API key. The upgrade is intended to improve reasoning, code generation, multimodal prompting, and application development workflows.

## Source excerpt

With Gemini 2.5 Pro now built-in by default, Firebase Studio gives you no-cost access to a powerful AI assistant to accelerate the entire development workflow, from prototyping with images to refactoring complex code.