Google has been creating the best AI models all year, and the market is reacting. Following the launch of Gemini 3, OpenAI saw a 6% drop in Daily Active Users (DAUs) within just two weeks. I believe this trend will continue, not just because of model performance, but because of product velocity. Image: Deedy Das
While OpenAI dominates the “chat” interface, Google Labs, the company’s testing ground for experimental AI, is shipping specialized tools almost every week. In my recent demo, I showcased 7 of these releases that are shifting the market from generic chatbots to specialized products.
Here are 7 of my favorite tools from Google Labs:
3 Design Tools:
1. Stitch solves the “handoff” nightmare by turning ideas directly into interface designs.
Ideas to Interface: You can describe a UI, input URL, or upload a screenshot, and Stitch utilizes Gemini’s multimodal capabilities to generate the code.
Animation: Recently, they added animation features, allowing you to actually interact with the ideas you create.
Export: You can export your designs directly into Google AI Studio to build full MVPs.
2. Pomelli: Creating high-quality content is difficult, but Pomelli makes it easy by establishing your “Business DNA.”
Contextual Branding: It scans your website to learn your fonts, colors, and tone, then generates on-brand assets automatically.
Video Generation: They also added an animate feature recently, so you can create short video content from your designs.
3. Mixboard is a “living” mood board that uses AI to help you brainstorm and visualize ideas.
Editing: You can select multiple specific places in an image and describe exactly the edits you want.
Motion: Like the others, Mixboard has just added an animation tool to bring static concepts to life.
1 Shopping & Consumer Experience:
4. Doppl: Google is aggressively targeting the consumer shopping experience with Doppl, moving beyond search to “experience.”
Virtual Try-On (VTO): Using the Nano Banana model, you can upload just a single selfie to generate a full-body digital twin and try on clothes.
Discovery Feed: The app features an AI-generated feed of you wearing trending outfits. It’s fully shop-able, you can find options and buy directly from the app.
3 Productivity Tools:
5. Opal is a no-code builder for “AI mini-apps.”
Instead of prompting a chatbot for the same task repeatedly, you can build a tool (e.g., “Help me at the grocery store”) once and use it forever.
Disco → GenTabs: Google is taking a big swing at the browser interface with Disco. Its core feature, GenTabs, uses Gemini 3 to remix your open tabs into custom apps.
Context-Aware: GenTabs are generated based on your specific tabs and your specific goal.
Example: If you are planning a trip, it brings your research tabs into a single “Trip Planner” interface with maps and itineraries.
Jules is an autonomous coding agent that acts like a remote software engineer.
Async Workflow: You give it a task and it creates a plan, executes the code in a secure sandbox, and submits a Pull Request (PR) for you to review.
It runs the code to verify it works before you even see it.
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