Google launched Dreambeans, its experimental AI app, in India on Monday, marking the service's first expansion outside the U.S. The app rolled out on Android and iOS with support for 13 local languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali, alongside English.
Dreambeans generates personalized illustrated stories drawn from users' connected Google services, including Calendar, Gemini, Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube. The app launched in the U.S. in June and recently added video animation using Google's Veo video-generation model for select stories.
Google chose India as Dreambeans' first international market due to strong user interest and the country's high overlap of users across Gemini, Gmail, and Google Photos, according to product manager Gozde Oznur. "India stood out for its high overlap of users across Gemini, Gmail, and Google Photos," Oznur said during a press briefing.
Dreambeans has recorded nearly 55,000 downloads in the U.S. since its June debut, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. About 63% of those downloads came in September when Google opened the app to all eligible U.S. users aged 18 and older. Downloads dropped 84% month over month to about 5,500 in October.
The app's India launch faces potential limitations. Dreambeans supports many Indian languages but users can select only one language at a time. The app cannot currently generate stories mixing languages, which could limit appeal in India where many people switch between Hindi and English or blend them in what is known as Hinglish, Oznur said.
Dreambeans' reliance on connected Google account data raises privacy questions. Users can choose which Google services to connect and disconnect them at any time. Oznur said users can also delete their Dreambeans data from within the app and tell the app to avoid certain subjects. Generated stories remain visible only to the account holder, and the app is available only to personal Gmail account holders, not enterprise users.