India, Oct. 8 -- Google has expanded the availability of its experimental app-building tool, Opal, to 15 new countries, including India, Japan, Brazil, South Korea, and Canada. The platform, first introduced in the United States in July, allows users to create web-based mini applications by describing what they want to develop in simple language.

The company stated that early adopters of Opal built not only simple or entertaining tools but also complex and practical applications. Encouraged by this response, Google decided to make the tool available to a wider global audience.

Opal is part of Google's broader effort to make app development more accessible through artificial intelligence. Users can describe the type of app they want, and...