Google Is Ditching Firebase Studio Soon, And It Wants You To Use Its Newer AI Tools Instead

Engadget · Ian Carlos Campbell · 2026-11-05 21:01 UTC

The company is going all-in on Antigravity and Google AI Studio and hopes developers will do the same.

The company is going all-in on Antigravity and Google AI Studio.

In March, Google announced it was "sunsetting" Firebase Studio, its online integrated development environment (IDE), in favor of coding tools that put AI at the center. The company's preference for Antigravity and Google AI Studio serves its broader push around Gemini, but it also leaves anyone who liked Firebase Studio's approach in the lurch.

The ability to create new workspaces and sign up to use Firebase Studio ended on June 22, and developers have until March 22, 2027 to export their work to another IDE before it's shut down completely and all remaining data is deleted. Until then, Firebase Studio is in limbo, and deciding on an alternative largely comes down to how developers want AI to be incorporated into their development process.

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