Best of Google — June 2025

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    Google wants you to vibe code now

    Google launched Firebase Studio, an AI-assisted development platform that builds on Project IDX with enhanced Gemini-powered features for full-stack app development. The platform offers blueprint-first prototyping, integrated Firebase services, and free access during its initial phase. Meanwhile, Postman unveiled new AI tools at POST/CON 25, including MCP server generation and agent mode for API testing. The newsletter also covers various developer resources, including TypeScript team updates, frontend testing guides, and React's 12th anniversary celebration.

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    Stitch AI: Google's New FREE AI Tool Creates Stunning UI In A Single Click!

    Google launched Stitch AI, a free beta tool that generates UI designs for mobile and web apps from text prompts. Users can describe their desired interface, and the AI creates multiple screens within seconds. The tool supports theme customization, direct Figma integration, and experimental image-based design generation. Stitch allows iterative editing through conversational prompts and exports designs directly to Figma for further development.

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    OpenAI is ruthless...

    A Google-backed AI hardware startup called IO is suing OpenAI's newly acquired company (also named IO) for trademark infringement. The lawsuit alleges that Sam Altman and Johnny Ive's team met with the original IO company multiple times, viewed their technology demos, declined investment opportunities, but then proceeded to develop competing voice-controlled AI hardware under the same name. The case highlights the competitive tensions between OpenAI and Google in the AI hardware space, where previous attempts like Rabbit and Humane Pin have struggled to gain market traction.

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    Google’s new CLI tool hits different…

    Google released a new CLI tool that integrates Gemini AI for automated coding tasks. Unlike competitors like Claude Code, it's completely open-source and offers 1,000 free model requests daily. While the tool can write code, create files, and execute commands automatically, the user experience is rougher compared to established alternatives. The author tested it by building a Svelte application and found it capable but struggled with build tool configuration issues.

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    Here’s the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals

    Betting platform Kalshi aired a fully AI-generated advertisement during the NBA Finals that cost only $2,000 to produce using Google's Veo 3 text-to-video generator. The ad took 2-3 days to create with 300-400 generations needed for 15 usable clips, representing a 95% cost reduction compared to traditional advertising. The process involved writing a script, using Gemini to generate shot prompts, and editing the final video with standard tools like CapCut or Adobe Premiere Pro.

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    Android’s youthful new design will change the way you make and answer calls

    Google is testing a redesigned Phone app with a simplified interface featuring three main tabs instead of four, combining favorites and call logs in a new Home tab. The update includes Material 3 Expressive design elements like whimsical contact frames and introduces horizontal swipe gestures for answering calls to prevent accidental actions. The redesign is currently rolling out to public beta testers, with the full Material 3 Expressive update expected in September alongside Android 16.

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    Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai dismisses AI job fears, emphasizes expansion plans

    Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai addresses concerns about AI replacing jobs, arguing that AI serves as an accelerator making engineers more productive rather than eliminating positions. He emphasizes the company's growth plans through 2026, citing expanding ventures like Waymo, quantum computing, and YouTube's growth as evidence of new opportunities. While acknowledging legitimate concerns about job displacement, Pichai maintains optimism about AI progress while noting uncertainty about achieving artificial general intelligence.

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    Introducing New Open Source Documentation Resources

    Google has released two new open source documentation resources: Docs Advisor and Documentation Project Archetypes. The Docs Advisor is a comprehensive guide that helps maintainers plan, write, and maintain documentation by providing structured approaches and templates. The Documentation Project Archetypes offer thirteen different project field guides covering planning, creation, revision, and tooling aspects of documentation work. These resources were developed based on insights from over 200 case studies from the Google Season of Docs program (2019-2024), aiming to help time-constrained open source maintainers make better use of their documentation efforts.

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    Prompt Engineering Guide - From Beginner to Advanced

    A comprehensive guide covering prompt engineering techniques from basic to advanced levels. Explores key concepts like zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting, along with model settings such as temperature, top-K, and top-P. Demonstrates practical techniques including role prompting, step-back prompting, self-consistency, tree of thoughts, and ReAct (reason and act) frameworks. Includes hands-on examples using Google AI Studio and various AI models, plus best practices for optimizing prompt effectiveness and model performance.

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