Gemini Turns Sketches Into Interactive Apps
Google BlogFriday, November 6, 2026
- •Google describes turning a photographed sketch into an interactive app with Gemini
- •Users upload app mock-ups, habit trackers or game boards and ask Canvas to code them
- •Gemini generates code that users can preview and edit, including colors, fonts and features
Google says Gemini can turn a photo of a drawing into an interactive app. Users upload a sketch, such as an app mock-up, habit tracker or game board, then select the Canvas tool and ask, “Can you code this app?” Gemini interprets the visual and writes code for the tool. The workflow is presented as a way to turn app ideas drawn on paper into working interactive tools.
Users can test the generated tool in a preview window and ask Gemini to change its colors, fonts or features in real time. Google’s instructions describe sketch upload, code generation, preview and editing as steps within Gemini; they do not specify coding languages or other technical requirements. The post is dated November 5, 2026, and appears under the Gemini App category.