Google announced at Google I/O 2026 that its AI Studio platform can now build native Android apps using AI prompts, with users able to describe their idea, preview it in an embedded Android emulator, and install it on an actual phone by connecting the device to their computer. Google described the initial release as focused on three categories: “personal utility” apps like habit trackers and study quizzes, “hardware-enabled experiences” like apps using a phone's camera or GPS, and “AI-powered experiences” that rely on Gemini's API. Apps created with AI Studio will still need to meet Google Play's strict quality and review standards to be published, with the company also launching a 1.0 version of its command-line interface for building Android apps and starting to surface apps as recommendations to Gemini queries in the coming weeks.
