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Google lets you make personal Android apps for free now – with just prompts

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

  • Google AI Studio now lets you make your own personal apps.
  • The apps bypass the public Play Store, but you can share with friends.
  • Apps you create will work on your own device.

Are you tired of ad overload in free, single-task apps? Or, can you not find an app that fits a weirdly specific need? Now you can make custom apps for your own Android phone, even if you have zero coding experience.

One Tuesday, Google announced that anyone with a standard Google account can build personal apps in Google AI Studio. These apps will run on your own device, launched from a private part of Google Play, and won’t be included in the public Play Store.

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