# Firebase 2022 Recap!

DevFeed: [Firebase 2022 Recap!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/firebase-2022-recap-16677.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/recaps/2022>)

Author: David East Developer Advocate Frank van Puffelen Engineer

Published: 2023-02-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firestore.md>), [Flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/flutter.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>), [Realtime Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/realtime-database.md>), [Cloud Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-functions.md>), [Dart](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dart.md>), [VPC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpc.md>), [BigQuery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bigquery.md>), [.env](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dotenv.md>)

Tags: [bigquery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bigquery.md>), [cloud-functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-functions.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [dart](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dart.md>), [environment-variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-variables.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flutter.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [recap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recap.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [upgrades](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrades.md>)

## AI overview

A recap of Firebase features and improvements released in 2022, including Firestore access through VPC configuration, Flutter configuration in Dart code, Realtime Database iteration, Test Lab result views, Firestore Key Visualizer, and .env and secrets support for Cloud Functions.

## Source excerpt

A giant list off features, upgrades, and other stuff we shipped in 2022!