diff --git a/examples/datastore/datastore_test.go b/examples/datastore/datastore_test.go
index af168b8a99..cec88724cd 100644
--- a/examples/datastore/datastore_test.go
+++ b/examples/datastore/datastore_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package datastore
 import (
 	"cloud.google.com/go/datastore"
 	"context"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -25,8 +28,12 @@ func TestDatastore(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Setenv("DATASTORE_EMULATOR_HOST", container.URI)
-	dsClient, err := datastore.NewClient(ctx, "test-project")
+	options := []option.ClientOption{
+		option.WithEndpoint(container.URI),
+		option.WithoutAuthentication(),
+		option.WithGRPCDialOption(grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())),
+	}
+	dsClient, err := datastore.NewClient(ctx, "test-project", options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/examples/firestore/firestore_test.go b/examples/firestore/firestore_test.go
index f476d9aa13..2912b04faf 100644
--- a/examples/firestore/firestore_test.go
+++ b/examples/firestore/firestore_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package firestore
 import (
 	"cloud.google.com/go/firestore"
 	"context"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -11,6 +14,16 @@ type Person struct {
 	Lastname  string `json:"lastname"`
 }
 
+type emulatorCreds struct {
+}
+
+func (ec emulatorCreds) GetRequestMetadata(ctx context.Context, uri ...string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	return map[string]string{"authorization": "Bearer owner"}, nil
+}
+func (ec emulatorCreds) RequireTransportSecurity() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func TestFirestore(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
@@ -26,8 +39,12 @@ func TestFirestore(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Setenv("FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST", container.URI)
-	client, err := firestore.NewClient(ctx, "test-project")
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(container.URI, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()), grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(emulatorCreds{}))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	options := []option.ClientOption{option.WithGRPCConn(conn)}
+	client, err := firestore.NewClient(ctx, "test-project", options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/examples/pubsub/pubsub_test.go b/examples/pubsub/pubsub_test.go
index 172396bc40..14d06654ac 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub/pubsub_test.go
+++ b/examples/pubsub/pubsub_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package pubsub
 import (
 	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
 	"context"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -21,8 +24,12 @@ func TestPubsub(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Setenv("PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST", container.URI)
-	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, "my-project-id")
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(container.URI, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	options := []option.ClientOption{option.WithGRPCConn(conn)}
+	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, "my-project-id", options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/examples/spanner/spanner_test.go b/examples/spanner/spanner_test.go
index 2502845609..22a84c337e 100644
--- a/examples/spanner/spanner_test.go
+++ b/examples/spanner/spanner_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ import (
 	instance "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/admin/instance/apiv1"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option/internaloption"
 	databasepb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/spanner/admin/database/v1"
 	instancepb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/spanner/admin/instance/v1"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -32,9 +36,14 @@ func TestSpanner(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Setenv("SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST", container.GRPCEndpoint)
+	options := []option.ClientOption{
+		option.WithEndpoint(container.GRPCEndpoint),
+		option.WithGRPCDialOption(grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())),
+		option.WithoutAuthentication(),
+		internaloption.SkipDialSettingsValidation(),
+	}
 
-	instanceAdmin, err := instance.NewInstanceAdminClient(ctx)
+	instanceAdmin, err := instance.NewInstanceAdminClient(ctx, options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ func TestSpanner(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	c, err := database.NewDatabaseAdminClient(ctx)
+	c, err := database.NewDatabaseAdminClient(ctx, options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -76,7 +85,8 @@ func TestSpanner(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	client, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s", projectId, instanceId, databaseName))
+	db := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s", projectId, instanceId, databaseName)
+	client, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, db, options...)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}