It’s been three years since we’ve been in person for Firebase Summit, and we’re excited to be hosting the first hybrid Firebase Summit in New York City and online! We missed connecting with our developer community in person, and learning about the amazing apps you’re building. At Firebase, we believe apps improve the way people live, work, and learn. And in recent months, we’ve heard the inspiring

Today, Google I/O 2022 kicks off and we’re thrilled to share the updates we’ve made to Firebase. The past couple of years have proven that apps are an indispensable part of our lives because they not only simplify daily tasks, they keep us informed, entertained, and connected to each other. That’s why we’re committed to providing you with the tools and resources you need to build and grow apps peo

Load Data Faster and Lower Your Costs with Firestore Data Bundles! Firestore header with blue background Hi, Firestore developers. We are pleased to announce that with the latest version of the client SDKs, you are able to use Firestore data bundles in your mobile and web applications! Data bundles can make certain types of Firestore applications much faster or less expensive. That’s great! Just o

The biggest Firebase Hosting update ever? Preview channels, GitHub Actions, and more! Get ready! We have a huge set of updates landing for Firebase Hosting! Today we are announcing preview channels, an official GitHub Action, and cloning of versions! These features are centered around making you more productive and creating a better collaborative process for teams. Let’s dive in! Preview Channels

New for Firebase Hosting: request logging, Brotli compression, and internationalization We’re excited to announce several new features that make developing with Firebase Hosting even better! New features! Server-side analytics with Cloud Logging Our new integration with Cloud Logging gives you access to web request logs for your Hosting sites. Cloud Logging, previously known as Stackdriver Logging

Say hello to the helpful Firebase Emulator - a local first UI to boost your productivity Today we are extremely excited to introduce the Emulator UI to the Firebase community. The Emulator UI is a local web app that allows you to manage local emulators that make up the Firebase Local Emulator Suite. image of Emulator Suite overview Last year we released the Emulator Suite to simplify Firebase debu

The Cloud Functions for Firebase team is pleased to provide a turnkey solution for secure, scheduled functions using Firebase tools and SDKs. One of the most common questions about Google Cloud Functions is how to schedule a function for regular execution, similar to a cron job. In the past, the Firebase team recommended solutions involving App Engine or third party schedulers as a scheduling mech

Hey there, Firebase developers! Well, Cloud Next 2019 is upon us, and if you happen to be one of the several thousand people descending upon Moscone Center this year and want to get your fill of Firebase knowledge, you’re in luck! There are a bunch of great sessions the Firebase team is putting on throughout the conference. And if you want to talk to any of us in person, swing on by the App Dev zo

Today we’re excited to announce Firebase Hosting integration for Google Cloud’s new Cloud Run service. Cloud Run is a fully managed compute platform that enables developers to run stateless containers that are invocable via HTTP requests in a language and framework of their choosing. Firebase Hosting integration lets you use this architecture as a backend for a web app or microservice in your Fire

Hey, there Firebase Developers! We wanted to let you know of a new feature we added to Cloud Firestore, and that’s the ability to increment (or decrement) numeric values directly in the database! Why is this a big deal? Because previously, if you wanted to increment a value in the database, you would need to use a transaction to keep it safe from concurrent writes. Incrementing a step counter For

Cloud Firestore has Gone GA, Lower Pricing Tiers, New Locations, and more! Hey there, Firebase developers! Did you hear the news? Cloud Firestore — our NoSQL database in the cloud for mobile and web apps — is officially out of beta and in General Availability! Great! So… why’s that a big deal? The move from beta to GA is significant for a number of reasons. For starters, it’s Google’s way of sayin

Here at Firebase, we believe that apps improve the way people live, work, learn, and socialize. That’s why our mission is to make app development as easy as possible by giving you a platform that solves key challenges across the app lifecycle. Whether you’re an up-and-coming startup or a well-established enterprise, Firebase can help you build your app, improve its quality, and grow your business.

These days, we are increasingly using mobile and web apps in situations where there’s little to no internet connectivity. We want to play videos during long road trips, navigate through areas with weak cell signals, and edit our cloud photos and documents on planes with no WiFi. That’s why it’s crucial to think about how your app will work offline as you’re building your next big idea! Firebase ha

It’s hard to believe that it’s only been two years since we expanded Firebase at I/O 2016 from a set of backend services to a full app development platform. In the time since then, it’s been humbling to watch the developer community embrace Firebase. We now have 1.2 million apps actively using Firebase every month! No matter how much we grow, our mission remains the same: to help mobile app teams