{"id":188645,"date":"2025-12-17T18:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/188645\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:05:12","slug":"googles-vibe-coding-tool-opal-comes-to-gemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/188645\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google\u2019s vibe-coding tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/25\/google-is-testing-a-vibe-coding-app-called-opal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Opal<\/a>, is making its way to Gemini. The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps, which Google calls Gems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/gemini\/google-gemini-update-august-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">Introduced<\/a> in 2024, Gems are <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/09\/18\/google-now-lets-you-share-your-custom-gemini-ai-assistants-known-as-gems\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">customized<\/a> versions of Gemini designed for specific tasks or scenarios. For instance, some of Google\u2019s pre-made Gems include a learning coach, a brainstorming assistant, a career guide, a coding partner, and an editor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opal, meanwhile, focuses on helping users <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/25\/google-is-testing-a-vibe-coding-app-called-opal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">create mini-apps<\/a> or mix existing apps. To use the feature, users describe the app they want to make in natural language, and the tool will use the different Gemini models to create it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Opal is directly available from Gemini on the web, where it\u2019s found in the Gems manager. The tool has a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/opal\/overview#visual_editor\" target=\"_blank\">visual editor<\/a> that lays out the steps required to create an application. From the editor, users can rearrange steps and link them together, without writing code. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google notes that the visual editor also includes a new view in Gemini that will take the user\u2019s written prompts and turn them into a list of steps. This makes it even easier to build apps and see how they work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more advanced customization options, users can move from Gemini to the Advanced Editor at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/opal.google\/\" target=\"_blank\">opal.google.com<\/a>. The mini apps can be reused after they\u2019re created.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known as \u201cvibe-coding,\u201d using AI to program and make apps has skyrocketed in popularity over the past couple of years. The market now has apps from startups like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/11\/19\/as-lovable-hits-200m-arr-its-ceo-credits-staying-in-europe-for-its-success\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lovable<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/11\/13\/coding-assistant-cursor-raises-2-3b-5-months-after-its-previous-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cursor<\/a>, as well as offerings from AI providers like Anthropic and OpenAI. There are also tools focused more directly on consumers, like those from <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/11\/05\/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed-for-wabi-the-youtube-of-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI-powered app-building startup, Wabi.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gemini\u2019s web app is available at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/gemini.google\" target=\"_blank\">gemini.google.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s vibe-coding tool, Opal, is making its way to Gemini. 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