Google expands Opal to 15 countries

Jeff J Hunter & Valentin Molina
October 08, 2025

Non-coders build sophisticated business tools

Hey AI Enthusiast,

Google just expanded Opal to 15 countries - letting non-technical users build functional web apps through text prompts in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and 10 other markets.

The no-code platform generates mini applications from descriptions, then provides visual workflow editors where users customize inputs, outputs, and generation steps without writing any code.

Let me break down today's power prompt and community weekly wins first (then explain how AI-powered app building tools are democratizing software development globally...)

🔥 Prompt of the Day 🔥

Refer-a-Friend Program Launch

Create One Sharing-Encouraging Program Announcement: Use ChatGPT or Claude
Act as a referral marketing specialist. Create one compelling launch announcement for [REFERRAL PROGRAM].

Essential Details:

Referrer Reward: [What they get]
Friend Benefit: [New customer offer]
Referral Method: [How to share]
Reward Timing: [When paid]
Minimum Required: [Qualification]
Program Name: [What it’s called]

Create one program launch including:

Program introduction
Dual benefit explanation
Easy sharing process
Reward structure
Getting started instructions
First referral encouragement

Instruction:
Focus on mutual value.
Keep under 200 words total.

🎉 Win Wednesday 🎉

Four quick wins from community members this week.

People grabbed training content and immediately applied it to real business problems.

What got done:

Jerry Chen: "Officially created ads for my marketing/lead-gen agency. Here is one of many versions we produced! Jeff J Hunter's training saved us a lot of time" - turned training into functioning ad campaigns with multiple creative variations.
Sara McClintock: "Just submitted my AI consulting certification, had two call with potential clients where I used my cert training and tools, built 2 offers and a website in draft but built, played with Sora 2" - didn't wait to finish learning before starting client conversations and building actual offers.
Ann Kristine Peñaredondo: "I created my challenge, and used Nano-Banana for the image. The challenge will launch next week" - applied Manus training to create complete challenge program launching imminently.
Lynda Sunshine West: "I bought ai Persona Method" - made investment decision to get structured system rather than continuing without framework

The pattern? Immediate action.

Jerry produced multiple ad versions and started testing instead of perfecting strategy first.

Sara took certification concepts into client calls while simultaneously building offers and websites.

Ann moved from training to market-ready challenge in weeks.

Lynda chose to invest in method rather than continuing without structure.

All four chose progress over perfect preparation.

What are you building this week?

🤔 Did You Know? 🤔

AI systems are helping blind people "see" artwork in museums by converting visual elements into detailed audio descriptions that capture artistic style, emotion, and historical context.

🗞️ Breaking AI News 🗞️

Google just handed non-coders in 15 countries the ability to build web apps through text descriptions.

Opal expanded globally after US creators surprised Google by building sophisticated business tools instead of simple toy projects, proving demand for accessible app development exists worldwide.

Here's what shifted:

Type what you want to build and Google's models generate working mini applications automatically - no programming languages, syntax rules, or development environment setup required
Visual editor shows workflow logic as connected blocks you can click to modify rather than scrolling through code files trying to find specific functions
Parallel processing lets multiple workflow steps execute at once instead of waiting for sequential operations to complete one after another
Error messages appear directly on problem nodes with immediate context rather than forcing you to interpret cryptic stack traces in console windows
One-click publishing creates shareable web links so others can test your app using their Google accounts without installation procedures

Most people with app ideas never build them because learning to code takes months or years before producing anything functional.

Google removed that barrier by accepting plain English descriptions and generating deployable applications from them automatically.

Performance jumped significantly - what took 5+ seconds now happens nearly instantly, making rapid experimentation feel natural rather than frustrating.

The competition intensified quickly. Canva, Figma, and Replit all target non-technical creators with no-code tools using different approaches and feature sets.

Early users get advantage by mastering Opal's specific capabilities before the platform matures and competition for user attention increases substantially.

But giving Google access to your app concepts means they see your ideas, potentially competitive business models, and implementation approaches directly.

Check the complete details here.