Android Studio Panda 4 Launches With Planning Mode, Next Edit Prediction, and Agent Web Search

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Google released Android Studio Panda 4 on April 22, featuring Planning Mode for AI-assisted development strategy, Next Edit Prediction that anticipates code changes, Agent Web Search for real-time documentation lookup, and a Gemini API Starter Template. The IDE-level agent features mirror the trajectory seen in VS Code and JetBrains — AI coding is moving from chat sidebars to deeply integrated IDE primitives that understand project context and developer intent.