Google Adds Antigravity Android App Creation in Minutes

Google brought antigravity into its web-based AI Studio on Tuesday by adding native Android app creation tools that cut setup and coding from weeks to minutes.

That gives seasoned developers a faster way to prototype and opens the door to first-time creators who want to build without starting from a blank project.

Google AI Studio and Android Studio

The apps are built in Kotlin with Google’s Jetpack Compose toolkit, and they support GPS, Bluetooth, and NFC, so the output is meant to work with real phone hardware instead of staying as a demo.

Users can preview and interact with the app in an embedded Android Emulator in a web browser, then install it on an Android phone over a USB cable using the integrated Android Debug Bridge.

Play Console and GitHub handoff

AI Studio can also create the app record, package the bundle, and upload it to an internal testing track in Google Play Console for developers, which shortens the handoff from prompt to testable build.

When a project is ready to leave the browser, users can download a zip file or export it directly to GitHub.

Gemini and Play Store discovery

Google said consumers will be able to use Gemini AI to find the apps they need on the Play Store and the web, and a new Ask Play AI-powered overlay will let people discover apps through natural conversations inside the store.

Apps will begin surfacing in Gemini conversations in the weeks ahead across Gemini on the web and on Android.

The sharpest limit is that the resulting creations are for personal use for now, while publishing for family and friends is still on the roadmap, and Google also plans support for Firebase integrations, including Firestore, Firebase Auth, Firebase App Check, and other tooling.