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Firebase Auth Emulator Now Mocks WebAuthn Passkeys
Firebase CLI v15.21.0 adds mock passkey support to the Auth emulator, so developers can test WebAuthn sign-in flows locally without hardware authenticators.
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Genkit 1.39 Retires the Chat Beta, Lands Production Agents
Genkit JS v1.39.0 removes the beta Chat API and ships defineAgent, a production multi-turn agent framework with Firestore session persistence.
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Firebase SQL Connect Streaming Lands in the JavaScript SDK
The Firebase JS SDK just gained streaming for SQL Connect, letting web apps subscribe to live PostgreSQL data using the @refresh directive.
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Firebase AI Logic Puts Gemini in Apple Foundation Models
Apple opened Foundation Models to cloud AI providers at WWDC 2026. Firebase AI Logic is now the Gemini entry point for iOS 27, in preview.
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App Check Gets Zero-Config Init in Firebase SDK 12.15
Firebase JS SDK 12.15.0 lets you drop the explicit reCAPTCHA provider from initializeAppCheck, reading recaptchaSiteKey from your project config instead.
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Firebase Drops Imagen: Migrate to Gemini Images Now
All Imagen models in Firebase AI Logic shut down June 24. Apps still calling them are broken. Here's the migration path to Gemini's Nano Banana models.
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Firestore Regional Endpoints Hit GA
Firestore's regional and multi-regional API endpoints are now GA on server SDKs, locking every request to one region for data-sovereignty compliance.
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Firebase at Google I/O 2026: Antigravity, Agent Skills, AI Logic
Firebase's May 2026 Google I/O drop: Antigravity 2.0 and Android Studio setup, Agent Skills for mobile, new AI Logic models, and Crashlytics for web.