Google's AI vide-coding app Opal expanded to Pakistan, 14 other countries

Opal enables users to describe app they want to create, using various Google models to generate it
An undated image. — Google
An undated image. — Google

Google's globally popular AI vibe-coding app, Opal, is being expanded to Pakistan, along with 14 other countries, including Canada, India, Japan, and Brazil, among others.

Opal's wider expansion will allow users to create mini web apps using simple text prompts.

Megan Li, a senior product manager at Google Labs, said when Opal launched in the US, they expected users to build basic tools. Contrary to his assumption, he was astounded to see the sophisticated and creative apps that users developed through Opal.

Opal enables users to describe the app they want to create, using various Google models to generate it. 

Once the app is ready, users can easily customise its visual workflow, edit prompts, and add new steps. They can also publish their creations online and share links for others to test.

Apart from the expansion, Google has also announced an array of enhancements to Opal. The debugging programme has been improved while remaining no-code. 

Users can now also run workflows step by step in the visual editor, where errors are highlighted for immediate context.

In a performance revamp of Opal, the search giant has reduced the time to create new apps from five seconds to much less. 

By making Opal available in Pakistan and numerous other markets, Google seems to have joined competitors like Canva and Figma in a push to empower ordinary users to design app prototypes with zero technical knowledge.