Google has cancelled its planned AI Studio mobile app before its official launch, despite receiving around 800,000 preorders from Android and iOS users.
The company announced the decision on July 31, only a few months after introducing the app at Google I/O 2026. Google had opened preregistration through the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, but it has now removed the standalone app from its plans.
Google announced the AI Studio mobile app on May 19 during its I/O 2026 developer conference.
App Features
The company described it as a mobile version of AI Studio’s full build experience. It was intended for developers, creators and other users who wanted to design and test AI-powered applications from their phones.
The app would have allowed users to write and revise code, preview applications and continue projects while away from their computers.
Users would also have been able to browse and remix applications from a mobile gallery, share working deployments with other people and collect feedback on their projects. Google planned to let users begin building on a phone and continue the same work later on a desktop computer.
Moving to Gemini
The Google AI Studio team said the high number of preorders showed that people were interested in building software while using mobile devices.
However, the company decided against asking users to install another standalone application. It said it would instead take a different approach in which applications could emerge naturally during regular conversations with Gemini.
Google is now working with the Gemini team to bring AI Studio’s app-building capabilities directly into Gemini on mobile devices and desktop computers.
The planned integration could allow users to describe an idea during a Gemini conversation and have the AI create a mobile or desktop application without requiring them to switch to a separate development app.
AI Studio Website Will Continue
Google is not shutting down the existing AI Studio web platform.
The company said it would continue investing in the website, which allows users to experiment with Gemini models, test prompts and turn ideas into working applications. It is also intended for more advanced projects that need to move from early prototypes to production-ready business tools.
Google previously expanded AI Studio with native Android application development. Users can describe an application and generate Kotlin code using Jetpack Compose without installing a local software development kit.
The web platform also includes an Android emulator, Android Debug Bridge support, and an option to publish applications directly to Google Play’s internal testing system.
Google has not announced when the cancelled mobile app’s features will become available inside Gemini. Users who preregistered for the standalone app will instead have to wait for the app-building tools to appear in Gemini on mobile and desktop.
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