Firebase goes SQL: Inside the new SQL Connect (PostgreSQL)

Google Cloud Tech · Intermediate ·🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ·1d ago
Firebase SQL Connect → https://goo.gle/4fzZx4S Discover Firebase SQL Connect, a powerful new PostgreSQL database hosted on Google Cloud SQL that auto generates strongly typed client SDKs directly from GraphQL schemas. Watch along and learn how to streamline cloud architecture using real time native SQL support, advanced PostgreSQL extensions like pgvector and PostGIS, and robust atomic transactions. Learn how to supercharge cross platform applications by leveraging custom resolvers and Cloud Functions to seamlessly integrate external APIs—and AI models like Gemini—directly into database operations. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Demo app’s schema 1:28 - Defining operations with Firebase 3:07 - [Demo] Emoji Exchange 5:24 - Using Cloud Functions for importing data sources from SDKs 7:21 - Out of the box features: Native SQL, PostgreSQL extensions, transactions, views 10:30 - Firebase SQL Connect summary Watch more Google Cloud Next 2026 → https://goo.gle/next-talks-2026 🔔 Subscribe to Google Cloud Tech → https://goo.gle/GoogleCloudTech #GoogleCloudNext Speakers: Cynthia Wang Products Mentioned: Gemini, Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Firebase SQL Connect
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Chapters (7)

Intro
0:45 Demo app’s schema
1:28 Defining operations with Firebase
3:07 [Demo] Emoji Exchange
5:24 Using Cloud Functions for importing data sources from SDKs
7:21 Out of the box features: Native SQL, PostgreSQL extensions, transactions, view
10:30 Firebase SQL Connect summary
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