Google today launched a new database service for Firebase, its platform for app developers. The new Firestore database complements the existing Firebase ...

Google has launched Cloud Firestore, a fully managed, NoSQL document database that lets developers store, synchronize, and query data for their mobile apps, with offline support, at scale.

Cloud Firestore originated with Firebase, the division of Google Cloud that develops services for app makers. It became a part of the tech giant through an acquisition in 2014.