I can’t believe how fast Google vibe coded my first Android app

May 21, 2026 Sean Hollister

That’s my own Android app. Bad, yet impressive. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Yesterday, I built my first Android app. Then, I made two more - three in one afternoon.

For one, I literally typed 148 words into my web browser and walked away. Ten minutes later, I had an entire new app on my actual Android phone. I did have to prep that phone by enabling a USB debugging mode and plugging it into my PC, but as advertised, Google's AI Studio did literally everything else for me.

I typed in words, I hit install, and voilà: an entire working program. I was nearly ready to agree with David, Allison, and Jen: The personal software revolution is here, it's coming to your phone, there's a future where the average person can m …

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