At the beginning of this month, Google unveiled its latest Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O edition) using which you can build interactive web apps in Canvas with fewer prompts. Well, the company has now released new Canvas updates for Gemini users.
📣 Canvas updates: You can now…
✅ Build on top of others’ creations by clicking "Copy Canvas" in shared Canvas links
✅ Prompt to make apps that use your camera and microphone
See what @JeffDean, @OriolVinyalsML, and @NoamShazeer made using @tulseedoshi’s original…
— Google Gemini App (@GeminiApp) May 15, 2025
Other than creating interactive web apps in Canvas, users can now build on top of others’ creations by clicking on the Copy Canvas option in shared Canvas links, and implement their add-ons. The company has also shared an example where a user @tulseedoshi created an app in Gemini Canvas using Maps API to explore the world.
Today's update of Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview is amazing at code web dev, editing, and transformation — it is now #1 on the WebDev arena, with an ELO score of 1420.
That means you can build super cool, visually stunning web apps, with just a single prompt!
Check out this example,… pic.twitter.com/HXq289mtfx
— Tulsee Doshi (@tulseedoshi) May 6, 2025
And a few other users put their add-ons on this Cartographer app, like voice activation, hand gestures, and more, using the Copy Canvas feature.
Apart from this, users can now prompt on Gemini Canvas to make apps that use their device’s camera and microphone, which makes the creation more fun and interactive.
These new updates will help the Gemini app users in building interactive web apps with the help of teamwork enhancing their productivity.
In related news, Google will be conducting this year’s I/O annual developer conference event that is scheduled from the 20th of May 2025 to the 21st of May 2025. The two-day event is going to take the tech world through Google’s recent developments made across AI (Gemini), web (Chrome), cloud, and its Android (Android 16 OS) services. Updates concerning Android XR and Material 3 Expressive design can also be expected at the upcoming event.
