Google AI Studio apps get free ai.studio URLs
Apps vibe-coded in Google AI Studio can now claim personalized links on the ai.studio domain — no DNS setup required.
Build an app in Google AI Studio, hit deploy, and now you can grab a personalized URL right on the ai.studio domain — skipping the whole Cloud Run + Namecheap + DNS-record dance developers used to wire up custom domains.
The move slots neatly into AI Studio's 2026 push to lower the floor for builders: free deployment of your first apps to Google Cloud with no credit card, one-click sharing of live deployments, and Firebase/Cloud Run hosting baked in. A first-party subdomain is the missing piece — instant, brandable, zero-config distribution for prompt-built apps.
Old-timers see the ghost of Google Sites (2010): a dead-simple, hosted-under-Google publishing layer for non-technical creators. The bet is the same, just AI-native — describe an app, deploy it, share a clean link. Whether these apps stick around better than Google's last two decades of graveyard products is the open question.
Why it matters: a free, first-party URL turns AI Studio from a demo sandbox into a real distribution channel — the gap between "I prompted an app" and "here's the link" just collapsed.
Sources
- Bring any idea to life: Google AI Studio at I/O 2026 blog.google
- Give your AI Studio deployed app a custom URL dev.to
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