Google's Next Coding Agent Could Change How Developers Think About Their Work
devops.com, Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Jules was just the beginning. Google's internally referenced 'Jitro' project signals a bigger shift - from task execution to outcome-driven development.
Most AI coding agents work the same way. A developer spots a problem, writes a prompt, and watches the agent execute. It's fast. It's useful. But it still puts the developer in the driver's seat for every single decision.
Google appears to be rethinking that model entirely.
The company is reportedly building the next generation of Jules, its autonomous coding agent, under an internal project name: Jitro. While the current Jules experiment has seen little visible progress in recent months, evidence points to a parallel effort focused on a completely new version that moves beyond the prompt-and-execute model that defines most coding agents today.
If the early signals are accurate, this isn't just a feature update. It's a different way of thinking about what a coding agent actually does.