Google launches AI Studio and Android CLI 1.0 to speed native Android app creation

Google announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based AI Studio on May 16, reducing app building time from weeks to minutes ^{[1, 2]}. AI Studio allows users to build apps using Kotlin with Google's Jetpack Compose and supports hardware sensors like GPS, Bluetooth, and NFC ^{[1, 2]}. The platform includes an embedded Android Emulator in the browser for real-time app preview and interaction during development ^{[1, 2]}.

Currently, apps created in AI Studio are for personal use only, with plans to allow publishing for family and friends in the future ^[1]. Users can install apps on Android phones via USB using Android Debug Bridge (adb) ^[1]. AI Studio also offers packaging tools and can upload app bundles for internal testing in Google Play Console ^[1]. Additionally, creators can export projects as zip files for further work in Android Studio or GitHub ^{[1, 2]}.

Alongside AI Studio, Google released Android CLI version 1.0 as a stable command-line interface that enables AI agents like Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex, and Google's Gemini to accelerate Android app development ^{[3, 4]}. Android CLI gives these agents access to Android Studio commands through a new "android studio" command ^{[3, 4]}. Google's Antigravity Android platform optionally bundles the Android CLI tools to support AI-accelerated workflows ^{[3, 4]}.

Android Studio now supports multiple AI coding models, including Google Gemini, OpenAI GPT, and Anthropic Claude ^[4]. The Gemini 4 local model is available in Android Studio canary builds, offering offline use without server dependency ^[4]. Subscribers to Google AI Pro and Ultra get dedicated capacity and higher rate limits when using Gemini in Android Studio ^[4]. According to Android Bench benchmarks, GPT 5.5 ranks as the highest performing model for Android development tasks, followed by GPT 5.4 and Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview ^[4]. Google commented, "Now, you get the best of both worlds: the ease of a prompt-based interface paired with the power of the Android SDK, all in your browser, no installation required" ^[2]. They added that this "flexibility offers developers greater control over performance, privacy, and cost" ^[4].

The Android CLI 1.0 and AI Studio, both announced during Google I/O, are now available as stable and preview tools to speed native Android app creation ^{[1, 3, 2, 4]}.