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Google\u2019s vibe-coding tool, Opal<\/a>, is making its way to Gemini. The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps, which Google calls Gems.<\/p>\n Introduced<\/a> in 2024, Gems are customized<\/a> versions of Gemini designed for specific tasks or scenarios. For instance, some of Google\u2019s pre-made Gems include a learning coach, a brainstorming assistant, a career guide, a coding partner, and an editor.<\/p>\n Opal, meanwhile, focuses on helping users create mini-apps<\/a> or mix existing apps. To use the feature, users describe in natural language the app they want to make, and the tool will use the different Gemini models to create it.<\/p>\n Now, Opal is directly available from Gemini on the web, where it\u2019s found in the Gems manager. The tool has a visual editor<\/a> that lays out the steps required to create an application. From the editor, users can rearrange steps and link them together, without writing code.<\/p>\n Google notes that the visual editor also includes a new view in Gemini that will take the user\u2019s written prompts and turn them into a list of steps. This makes it even easier to build apps and see how they work.<\/p>\n For more advanced customization options, users can move from Gemini to the Advanced Editor at opal.google.com<\/a>. The mini apps can be reused after they\u2019re created.<\/p>\n Known as \u201cvibe-coding,\u201d using AI to program and make apps has skyrocketed in popularity over the past couple of years. The market now has apps from startups like\u00a0Lovable<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Cursor<\/a>, as well as offerings from AI providers like Anthropic and OpenAI. There are also tools focused more directly on consumers, like those from AI-powered app-building startup Wabi.<\/a><\/p>\n Gemini\u2019s web app is available at gemini.google.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n