Google Opal

Designed to dramatically lower the barrier to building useful digital tools, Opal targets the gap between people who have a clear idea of what they need and the technical knowledge required to build it conventionally.

The platform handles the technical implementation selecting appropriate UI components, writing the underlying logic, connecting to data sources, and generating a functional application while the user focuses on describing the problem and refining the output through conversation.

Users can iterate on the generated app, requesting changes to behavior, appearance, or functionality through natural language, with the AI applying revisions and explaining what changed.

Google Opal represents an early articulation of a broader shift in how software creation might work: from a skill requiring deep technical training to a capability accessible to anyone who can clearly describe a problem and evaluate a solution.

For knowledge workers, researchers, and non-technical teams who need custom tools but lack developer resources, Opal offers a glimpse of a future where the distance between a problem and a working solution is measured in minutes, not months.