Following its recent rollout in the US, Google has brought its AI storytelling app, Dreambeans, to India. Available on Android and iOS, the experimental app allows users to generate narratives about their daily life and interests.
Instead of waiting for text prompts, Dreambeans analyses user activity across connected services such as Gmail, YouTube Search and Google Photos, and uses AI to generate illustrations. Google recently also integrated its Veo video model to animate select visual stories.
According to Gozde Oznur, Google's Product Manager, India was selected as the app's first expansion hub due to its massive user base. To cater to this, Dreambeans supports over 13 regional languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Hindi.
However, the app currently forces users to select a single output language. Google, in its announcement, also addressed privacy-related issues that would arise with the app sifting across different Google apps.
The brand says users can easily disconnect services, delete their data or block sensitive topics. Additionally, users can share feedback, and the app will make better stories over time.
While it sounds interesting, the app's reception in the US has been rather lukewarm. While it took off when it was introduced back in September 2026, the overall downloads plummeted by 84% in October.
It's pretty clear from the overall concept of the app that it's made for a very niche audience compared to general-purpose AI tools.
Judging by past incidents, the Indian audience is pretty welcoming of generative AI art, so it will be interesting to see if the concept ever takes off in India.
The Dreambeans app is now available to download from the Google Play Store.
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