Google expands Dreambeans AI story app to India for adults

Google has expanded Dreambeans, an experimental app from Google Labs, to users in India aged 18 and above. The company announced the launch on Tuesday, 3 November. The app creates personalised daily story collections using artificial intelligence.

The details come mainly from Google's own announcement. According to Google, the app can build daily visual stories from information in selected Google services. These include Gmail, Calendar, Photos, Search, Gemini and YouTube. Users choose which services the app can access.

The app now supports 13 Indian languages, one of the reasons Google gave for the launch. Dreambeans is available on both Android and iOS phones. Google describes it as an experiment, which means the features may change.

How the app works

Dreambeans pulls together details from a user's own apps and turns them into short visual stories. The stories are meant to be personal and updated each day. Google has not said how much data the app stores or for how long.

The launch follows Google's wider push into AI tools that connect with its existing apps. Google Labs is the company's unit for early-stage experiments, and many of its projects are later dropped or folded into main products.

For users in India, the app is a free experiment to try, with access limited to adults. Google has not given a price or said whether the app will remain free. Its official listing and help pages are the places to check for details on data settings and permissions before installing.