The UI is better - they box the specific types of actions the orchestrator agent takes with a clear categorization. The standard quality of life shortcuts like type a number to respond to an MCQ are present here as well. They use specialized sub agents such as one with big context window to find context in the codebase. The quotas appear to be much more generous vs CC. The agent memory management between compacting cycles seems to have a few tricks CC is missing. Also, with 3.0 Flash, it feels faster with the same level of agency and intelligence. It has a feature to focus into an interactive shell where bash commands are being executed by the orchestrator agent. Doesn't feel like Google is trying to push you to buy more credits or is relying on this product for its financial survival - I suspect CC has some dark patterns around this where the agents runs cycles of token in circles with minimal progress on bugs before you have to top up your wallet. Early days still.
