Google has expanded Dreambeans to India, the experimental storytelling app’s first market outside the United States. It draws on connected Google services to create illustrated personal stories without a prompt. Users choose which services to connect, while stories use one selected language even when their underlying account information spans several languages.
Google has made Dreambeans, its experimental app for personalized illustrated stories, available in India. The expansion takes the storytelling service beyond its US market. Dreambeans uses AI to turn information associated with a user’s interests and everyday life into personal stories.[1], [2]
The app draws on connected Google services including Calendar, Gemini, Gmail, Photos, Search and YouTube, rather than waiting for users to type a prompt. Introduced in June, it opened to eligible US users aged eighteen and older in September. Google product manager Gozde Oznur cited requests from Indian users and the overlap among Gemini, Gmail and Photos users in explaining the choice of India. The Android and iOS app supports thirteen local languages alongside English.[1]
Users decide which services to connect and can disconnect them or delete their Dreambeans data, Oznur said. Stories remain private to the account holder, and access uses personal Gmail accounts rather than enterprise accounts. A story uses one selected output language: information from several languages can feed it, but Hindi and English cannot be mixed within that story. Users can also ask the app to avoid particular subjects, including memories involving someone who has died.[1]
