Introducing the Google API Console

Google introduced a revamped API Console on March 24, 2016, aimed at enhancing the user experience for developers interacting with Google APIs. The new console, accessible at console.developers.google.com, features a cleaner interface with a simplified navigation bar, reducing it to just three main sections: API Manager, Billing, and Permissions. Despite the changes, the Cloud Console at console.cloud.google.com remains unchanged, continuing to house the full suite of Google Cloud Platform services, with resources accessible across both consoles. A notable addition to the API Console is the credentials wizard, designed to streamline the process of creating credentials immediately after enabling an API in a project. Google plans to further refine the API Console based on user feedback to better serve the needs of developers using its APIs.