Did the Text Mesh Pro namespace change?

So I solved my own problem. I went to the TextMesh Pro option window in the editor (Window->TeshMesh Pro), and imported the "TMP Examples and Extras." I had already imported the Essentials, but apparently, there's something missing from essentials that stops Visual Studio from recognizing the namespace. Anyway, I didn't include the example scenes on my import and it still worked. Hope this helps other. I'm sure it will get fixed eventually :).

The namespace is correct.

for instance to change the text all you would need is the following:

 using TMPro;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class ClassName : MonoBehaviour
 {
     private TextMeshProUGUI textMeshProUGUI;
 
     private void Start()
     {
         textMeshProUGUI = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
         
         textMeshProUGUI.text = "New text";
     }
 }

Hope this helps.