Brief Summary
This video explores Google Opal, an experimental tool for building and sharing AI mini-apps within the Google ecosystem. It's presented as a user-friendly platform, similar to a mix of N8N and Lovable, but tailored for non-technical users. The video includes a hands-on test of Opal, demonstrating its capabilities by creating apps from text prompts, such as generating video ads and AI ASMR knife-cutting videos. The review concludes with an assessment of Opal's potential, comparing it to other platforms and highlighting its strengths and limitations.
- Google Opal is an experimental tool for building and sharing AI mini-apps within the Google ecosystem.
- It allows users to create apps from text prompts, such as generating video ads and AI ASMR knife-cutting videos.
- It is user-friendly platform, similar to a mix of N8N and Lovable, but tailored for non-technical users.
Introduction to Google Opal
Google Opal is introduced as an experimental tool designed for building and sharing AI mini-apps within the Google ecosystem. It's likened to a combination of N8N and Lovable, but with a focus on simplicity and accessibility for non-technical users. The platform allows users to create custom workflows that can be turned into functional apps. The video promises a practical test of Opal, along with an honest review and comparison to competitors like N8N, Lovable, and Bolt.
Exploring the User Interface
The video showcases Opal's interface, highlighting its canvas-like, drag-and-drop design reminiscent of Naden. The interface includes various modules, such as "collect URL" and "extract video transcript." The platform allows users to transform workflows into working apps, offering a low barrier to entry for building web applications. The presenter navigates through the editor and app tabs, demonstrating a pre-existing app and setting the stage for building a new app from scratch using a prompt.
Testing a Pre-Built App
The presenter tests a pre-built app designed to learn from YouTube videos. By inputting a YouTube URL, the app extracts the video transcript, analyzes the educational content, and generates a quiz. The process, initiated from a simple text prompt, takes approximately two minutes to complete. The resulting app provides an interactive report with an educational content breakdown and a quiz, which the presenter completes, scoring five out of six.
Building a New App from Scratch
The video transitions to creating a new app from scratch, starting with a prompt: "Build an app that creates AI video ads with your product and target audience." The user provides a product name and uploads three images, and the app is designed to generate video marketing material using V3, Google's video generation model. Opal quickly generates an entire editor with a workflow, including nodes for product name, images, video script generation, and image instructions. The platform automatically creates prompts for each step, simplifying the app creation process.
Advanced Features and Tools
The presenter explores additional features within Opal, such as the ability to access various tools like web search, Google Maps, and weather information. The platform integrates with Google's AI models, including Gemini 2.5, Image Gen 4, and V03, as well as audio and speech generation capabilities. Unlike N8N, Opal is currently limited to the Google ecosystem.
Creating an AI ASMR App
The video demonstrates another use case by creating an app that generates AI ASMR knife-cutting videos from a text prompt. The prompt instructs Opal to output three different AI-generated videos for the user to choose from. The platform generates a workflow that includes generating video prompts, video clips, and presenting the videos as a web page. The presenter inputs the prompt "glass banana being cut with a knife in ASMR style," and Opal optimizes the prompt before generating three video outputs.
Final Thoughts and Conclusion
In conclusion, the presenter shares their thoughts on Google Opal, noting that while it won't replace platforms like N8N or Lovable, it is an interesting product from Google that integrates its various AI products. Opal provides the ability to create workflows that turn into mini web apps, which are fun to play around with and have potential. The presenter found the AI ASMR feature particularly cool, as it allowed for the creation of a quick app without needing to use V3 directly or generate an N8N automation.
