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# Peter Friese
Staff Developer Advocate for Firebase at Google, focusing on Swift and AI-powered mobile apps.

## About

Peter Friese is a Staff Developer Advocate for Firebase at Google. He helps teams build better apps by combining Firebase with AI tools like Google's Gemini models and Genkit.

He focuses on modern mobile development and authored the book *Asynchronous Programming with SwiftUI and Combine*. Peter regularly teaches developers how to build intelligent backends that generate personalized user experiences.

When he isn't hosting the YouTube series *Firebase After Hours*, he is probably writing Swift. He has coded in over a dozen languages, but Swift remains his all-time favorite.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2024 · July 17, 2024
Berlin, Germany
- [Build Smarter Mobile Apps: Unlocking the Power of Google’s Gemini models and Firebase Genkit](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/423-build-smarter-mobile) · 120 min