Google expands Opal to 15 more countries with performance upgrades

Google is expanding Opal, its no-code AI miniapp builder, to 15 additional countries and rolling out performance and debugging upgrades that aim to make the tool faster and more reliable for nontechnical creators. The tool, which launched in the United States in July as an experiment from Google Labs, is being made available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina and Pakistan, Google said.

Opal converts user descriptions into functioning web miniapps by chaining natural language prompts, model calls and visual workflow steps. Users type a description of the app they want, and Opal generates a multistep workflow of inputs, generation steps and outputs. Creators can open an editor panel to inspect and customize each step, edit prompts, add steps manually, and publish apps to the web for others to test with a Google account. Google said Opal is powered by several of its models, including Gemini 2.5, Imagen 4, AudioLM and Veo.

The company also announced several upgrades based on user feedback requesting greater transparency and reliability. Google said it has revamped Opal’s...