Google is expanding access to Opal, AI vibe-coding app , to 15 more countries. The app, which lets you create mini web apps using text commands, is now available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Argentina, and Pakistan.
“When we opened Opal to users in the U.S., we expected them to create simple, fun tools,” said Megan Li, Senior Product Manager at Google Labs. “We didn’t expect the explosion of complex, practical, and highly creative Opal apps we ended up seeing. The ingenuity of these early adopters made one thing clear: we need to get Opal into the hands of more creators around the world.”
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Opal works by asking users to enter a description of the app they want to create. The tool then uses various Google models to build it. When the app is ready, users can open the editing panel to view and customize the visual workflow of inputs, outputs, and generation steps. They can click on any step to review or edit the command , or add new steps manually using Opal’s toolbar. Users can also publish their app online and share a link so others can try it out with their own Google accounts.
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Google Opal: Improvements to the vibe-coding app
In addition to expanding to more users, Google also announced improvements coming to Opal. The tech giant says it has improved the but debugger intentionally kept it no-code. Users can now walk through their workflow step-by-step in the visual editor or customize specific steps in the console. Errors are displayed right where they happen to provide immediate context and eliminate guesswork.
Google also says it has made significant improvements to the performance of Opal's core. The company notes that previously it would take up to five seconds or more to create a new Opal. Now, it has worked to speed up that process to make it easier to get started. Additionally, users can now run steps in parallel, allowing complex workflows with multiple steps to run simultaneously.
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With the launch of Opal in the U.S. in July, Google joined a growing list of competitors, including Canva, Figma and Replit, that create tools to help “non-technical” users design app prototypes without writing code.
