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The launch

Google launched Dreambeans, its app that turns a user's Calendar, Gmail, Photos and YouTube history into illustrated stories without being asked, in India on Monday in 13 languages, its first market outside the US.

The fall

Sensor Tower's estimates, shared with TechCrunch, show about 55,000 US downloads since June, and a fall of 84% to about 5,500 in October.

The comparison

In its first 30 days open to all US adults it drew about 29,000 downloads, against 7.4 million for Meta's Muse app over the same window.

Sources and the full story

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Google takes Dreambeans to India after US downloads fell 84% in a month

Google launched Dreambeans, its app that turns a user's Calendar, Gmail, Photos and YouTube history into illustrated stories without being asked, in India on Monday in 13 languages, its first market outside the US. Sensor Tower's estimates, shared with TechCrunch, show about 55,000 US downloads since June, and a fall of 84% to about 5,500 in October. In its first 30 days open to all US adults it drew about 29,000 downloads, against 7.4 million for Meta's Muse app over the same window. SourcesB

Sources

• BGoogle takes Dreambeans to India (TechCrunch)techcrunch.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of November 3rd 2026.