The move acknowledges that many people are now building for Android with AI agents that aren’t from Google. The company is trying to find a way to make its specialized knowledge, like what’s found within Android Studio, more accessible.

With Android CLI, AI agents can retrieve knowledge about Android development via a new “android studio” command that can tap into the capabilities of Android Studio when building their own project. From there, the agents will be able to tap into a range of other commands and tools.

Google Antigravity, the company’s agentic development platform, will include an optional bundle that will install the tools and knowledge included in Android CLI, so it can also perform the core tasks for Android app development, Google says.

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