ZDNET’s key takeaways

Google AI Studio now lets you make your own personal apps.

The apps bypass the public Play Store, but you can share with friends.

Apps you create will work on your own device.

Are you tired of ad overload in free, single-task apps? Or, can you not find an app that fits a weirdly specific need? Now you can make custom apps for your own Android phone, even if you have zero coding experience.

One Tuesday, Google announced that anyone with a standard Google account can build personal apps in Google AI Studio. These apps will run on your own device, launched from a private part of Google Play, and won’t be included in the public Play Store.

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How it works

To get started, access the tool in Google AI Studio .

There is an app creator in AI Studio, but that’s intended for professional developer accounts and requires USB debugging connected to a PC.…