# Google AI Studio can build Google Maps apps from a prompt

Google AI Studio added [Google Maps Platform](<https://developers.googleblog.com/from-prompt-to-app-build-with-google-maps-in-ai-studio/>), so you can build a map-powered app by describing the idea to Gemini.

AI Studio sets up Maps for you, provisions the credentials, stores them in the app's secrets, and loads a live interactive map in the preview. The APIs cover map tiles and Maps JavaScript, including photorealistic 3D, plus Places, Routes, geocoding, weather, air quality, and pollen.

You don't need a credit card to start. A free [Maps Demo Key](<https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/ai-studio>) gives 100 calls per day per API, resetting every 24 hours. For new Google Cloud users the demo key covers most Maps APIs except Route Optimization, Solar, and Nav Connect. Existing Cloud users prototyping for free get a smaller set that leaves out user-generated photos and reviews.

To launch or scale, link a Cloud Billing account or connect an existing billed project. That moves you to standard Maps pricing and quotas, and the same key keeps working.

[Source post](https://x.com/i/status/2119837788937896234)

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