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Glance teams up with Google Cloud to redefine GenAI on lock screens
MUMBAI: Imagine your lock screen showcasing not just random content, but AI-crafted visuals tailored to your style, mood, and shopping habits. Lock screens just got a major AI makeover, and Glance is at the centre of it. In a groundbreaking alliance, Glance and Google Cloud have joined forces to supercharge smartphone lock screens and ambient TV screens with GenAI-powered experiences. This partnership isn’t just about content-it’s about revolutionising commerce, creativity, and engagement on digital surfaces.
Since 2019, Glance has pioneered AI-driven discovery on smartphone lock screens. Now, by integrating Google Cloud’s Gemini AI and Imagen’s cutting-edge image generation via Vertex AI, the company is taking things up a notch. The result? A seamless blend of entertainment, personalisation, and instant commerce-all accessible straight from your lock screen.
Inmobi co-founder and Glance president & COO Piyush Shah highlighted the ambition behind this move, “This is not just any collaboration; it is a deep, strategic alliance aimed at reshaping the future of Gen AI on digital surfaces-including smartphone lock screens and ambient TV screens. And more importantly, this partnership with Google will answer the biggest question in Gen AI: crafting sustainable and scalable business models.”
With this latest advancement, Glance AI turns passive scrolling into an interactive, hyper-personalised experience. Users can now:
. Create, select, and even purchase items displayed on their lock screens.
. Upload images, analyse preferences, and generate personalised visuals.
. Turn discovery into instant purchases-right from their devices.
Glance isn’t just building an AI-driven discovery tool-it’s creating an entirely new category of GenAI-powered commerce. By fusing AI, content, and e-commerce, the platform brings the shopping experience to users before they even unlock their devices.
“AI has been part of our foundation to deliver hyper-personalised, engaging experiences. Our goal is to inspire users to become the best versions of themselves. And these experiences will unlock new revenue streams,” Shah added.
This partnership between Glance and Google Cloud signals a new era in AI-driven engagement. From lock screens to smart TVs, GenAI is set to redefine how users interact with their devices—blending AI-powered content, creativity, and commerce like never before.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
