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AI CURATED HOT STORY · 10/26/2026

Google Releases Android Bench 2.0 with Long-Horizon Tasks and Continuous Scoring

1 reports archived1 independent sourcesupdated 10/26/2026, 11:33:21
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Google released Android Bench 2.0, introducing Long-Horizon Tasks (LHT), agent-based evaluation, and continuous scoring to better assess complex multi-step development tasks. The benchmark reveals that AI performs better at writing new code than refactoring existing code, with Claude Opus 5.5 currently leading the leaderboard with a 32% pass rate.

LATEST/Google released Android Bench 2.0, introducing Long-Horizon Tasks (LHT), agent-based evaluation, and continuous scoring to better assess complex multi-step development tasks. The benchmark reveals that AI performs better at writing new code than refactoring existing code, with Claude Opus 5.5 currently leading the leaderboard with a 32% pass rate.

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  1. InfoQ 中文T2·78 pts
    • Introduces Long-Horizon Tasks (LHT) covering practices like dependency upgrades and zero-to-one builds that take days to complete
    • Adopts continuous scoring instead of binary pass/fail to improve recognition of partial successes
    • Data shows AI excels more at writing new code than refactoring; Claude Opus 5.5 currently tops the leaderboard