Google opens Android Studio to third-party coding agents and launches Connected Apps Platform

AIGoogle launches a preview of its Connected Apps Platform, letting developers build once and reach users in Search and the Gemini app. Developers integrate through a cloud-hosted MCP server or Android MCP using AppFunctions APIs, then register and submit apps through the Google Connected Console. Google also rolls out new Connected Apps from partners including Adobe, Calm, and Peloton, with Adobe and Peloton already live in Gemini.

AIGoogle has launched a beta Connected Apps Platform that lets U.S. developers register third-party apps for use in Gemini and Google Search. Developers integrate through a cloud-hosted MCP server or Android MCP using AppFunctions APIs, then submit apps via the Google Connected Console. Google already offers over 50 connected apps in Gemini, with Search integrations rolling out over the coming weeks.

AIGoogle announced at the Android Dev Summit that Android Studio now lets developers run more than 40 coding agents, including Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex, through the Agent Client Protocol. Google also said its Android CLI reached 77 percent faster UI task completion and up to three times fewer tokens in internal tests, and it introduced an alpha Agentic API on Gemini Nano 4 in ML Kit.