Google for India: Android battles scammers, Gemini languages and loans on Pay

Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the core, Google has announced significant updates to the existing, as well as new products for users in India. These were announced at the company’s annual Google for India keynote, now in its tenth year. In what seem to be a broad spectrum of progression, the updates include a Gemini Live AI assistant which will be able to now understand and converse in 9 Indian languages, digital payment platform Google Pay’s push into lending and credit for consumers, and piloting enhanced fraud protection mechanisms within Android’s Play Protect architecture to combat scams perpetuated via phone calls and messages.