Google is taking its experimental AI coding app, Opal on a world tour, launching it in 15 new countries and making it available to creators everywhere. Raising the curtain in North America After Opal’s introduction in the United States, it became an immediate success. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface allows users to quickly build custom applications with ease. The expansion is an exciting step forward Google’s promise to support and strengthen the thriving developer and creator communities in countries around the world.
Today’s announcement was made in direct response to that crazy success that we saw here in the U.S. Megan Li, Senior Product Manager for Google Labs, reflected on the surprising creativity of the most early adopters.
“When we opened up Opal to users in the U.S., we anticipated they might build simple, fun tools,” said Li. What we didn’t anticipate was the wave of highly technical, pragmatic yet radically creative Opal apps that in fact blew us away. The ingenuity of these early adopters made one thing clear: we need to get Opal into the hands of more creators globally.
Opal’s launch in these new markets is an effort to engage a vibrant, creative, and diverse pool of talent and innovation. The app, powered by artificial intelligence, makes coding faster and easier. Now, it’s super easy to code, even for someone who isn’t a technical person! This new initiative is another step in deploying Google’s laudable goal of democratizing technology and spurring innovation everywhere around the world.
Beyond its functionality, Opal is deceptively simple in how it fosters collaboration between users to strengthen the project. The ability for creators to share their applications with others encourages co-innovation among creators and improves the experience for all users. The app’s role as a tool of adaptation to different cultural contexts is another big theme of this expansion.
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