How to access Google AI Studio and how to sign up

How to access Google AI Studio and how to sign up
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Here’s everything you need to know about how to access Google AI Studio and how to sign up.

Google AI Studio offers developers a free, online platform to craft prompts and construct chatbots, apps, and various software using generative AI. It furnishes a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) for prototyping and exploring cutting-edge generative models from Google Research and other sources.

With more information on the Gemini 1.5 release date, the interest in Google’s new AI tools are growing. We’re breaking down all the software and answering any questions you might have. For now, let’s take a closer look at Google AI Studio.

How to access Google AI Studio

To access Google AI Studio, you just need to make sure it is available in your region and Early Access apps on Google are enabled.

To check if it’s available in your region, take a look at the list of countries here. If it is, then here’s how to enable Early Access:

  • In workspace Admin console, head to Menu > Apps > Additional Google services
  • Find Early Access Apps and click on it.
  • Select Service status
  • Make sure it is turned on.
  • Click Save
A screenshot illustrating the process of signing up and accessing Google AI Studio.
Google AI Studio in early access

How to sign up to Google AI Studio

To use Google AI Studio and experience the free quota, which allows 60 requests per minute then you just need to simply sign in to your google account

  1. Create a Google Account

    If you haven’t already, make sure you have a google account. Head to the Google Account page to create an account with either a new or existing email.

  2. Open up Google AI Studio

    Simply follow this link to access Google AI Studio. From there you can start using Google AI Studio.

  3. Try different prompts

    Google AI Studio offers various interfaces tailored to specific purposes when generating prompts. These include freeform prompts, structured

Some countries can’t currently access Google AI Studio

Google AI Studio is not available everywhere. For instance, you can’t access it in the UK, which isn’t ideal. Not to worry though, it’s possible to access Google AI Studio through VPNs or by heading to their alternative Vertex AI platform to use Google AI tools.

What countries is Google AI Studio unavailable in?

  • UK
  • France
  • China
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Canada
  • Russia

It remains uncertain if Vertex AI will grant users and developers in these regions access to Google AI Studio at present. However, this scenario might change upon its public release.

Keep updated on this page for any updates as Google AI studio becomes available across the map.