Google is previewing Firebase Studio, a cloud-based agentic development environment designed to build, test, deploy, and run AI applications.
Introduced April 9, Firebase Studio fuses tools such as the Project IDX cloud IDE, the Genkit framework for AI applications, and Gemini in Firebase, an AI-powered collaborative assistant, into a unified, agentic experience, Google said. The platform offers prototyping capabilities, coding workspaces, and flexible deployment options, allowing developers to move faster and build the next generation of innovative applications quicker, the company said.
Developers can use an app prototyping agent to generate functional web app prototypes, starting with Next.js, using natural language prompts, images, or drawings. Firebase Studio wires up Genkit and provides a Gemini API key to enable AI features to work out-of-the-box.
