India, July 14 -- Google has, in India, announced a number of new initiatives underlined by artificial intelligence (AI) as a continuation of the tech giant's commitment to India's AI ambition. The company, at the Google I/O Connect India keynote on Tuesday, also noted that the Google Play and Android ecosystems helped contribute Rs.5.3 lakh crore revenue for India's app publishers and digital economy last year.

The company hopes the new initiatives will help Indian developers, startups and enterprises embrace frontier and agentic AI. "India's builders are already deploying AI faster than almost anywhere else. As we drive the shift into the agentic era, where AI moves from answering queries to securely executing tasks, our focus is on pr...