Google on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) mentioned, based mostly on third-party evaluations, the Google Play and Android ecosystem generated ₹4 lakh crore in revenue for app publishers and the broader financial system in India in 2024, and supported the creation of 35 lakh direct, oblique, and spillover jobs in the nation.
According to Google, the Indian ecosystem contains the second largest variety of energetic builders on Google Play the world over, contributing over 10 lakh developer jobs in 2024. Building compelling choices on Android, this ecosystem has performed an necessary function in shaping the impression and inclusiveness of India’s digital financial system.
Approximately 72% of surveyed Indian customers claimed their first entry to the web was on an Android system; some 85% say their Android cellphone is likely one of the major methods they entry digital public companies, and 69% report first utilizing AI by an app on their Android system. Device makers have additionally been in a position to make units reasonably priced because of the open-source nature of Android, which has assisted in estimated financial savings of ₹25,200 crore in growth and working prices.
At Google I/O Connect India 2025, an annual developer convention held in Bengaluru, Google introduced new initiatives and AI capabilities to help the Indian developer and start-up ecosystem in the nation. These included localising knowledge processing of its high-performance pondering mannequin Gemini 2.5 Flash, new Agentic AI instruments in Firebase Studio, a brand new coaching programme with one of many world’s main gaming engine platforms – Unity, and collaborations with 3 India AI Mission start-ups in constructing modern options towards the event of India’s Make-in-India AI fashions.
Dr. Manish Gupta, Senior Director for India and APAC at Google DeepMind, who opened the occasion, mentioned, “Indian developers are writing the next chapter of India’s success story, using AI capabilities to build real-world applications that are reaching millions of businesses and people across the country and the world.”
Preeti Lobana, Country Manager, Google India, who held a fireplace chat with Subrata Mitra, Partner, Accel, on constructing enduring AI-driven firms in the course of the occasion’s opening keynote, mentioned, “India’s developers are shaping how the world will use AI, and we’re proud to stand with them. We’re giving India the best tools, the most open platforms, and the strongest support to build boldly for the world, fostering a profound ‘AI Productivity Leap’ across businesses and start-ups.”
Google mentioned it was intently partnering with BharatGen at IIT Bombay to construct indigenous Indic language Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) fashions that may goal to make Gemma (a set of light-weight, generative synthetic intelligence open fashions) extra useful in the Indic context, particularly for traditionally underrepresented languages and governance purposes.
