Google launches new AI tools, education programs for India’s developers and startups at I/O Connect India 2026

Google has announced new initiatives to help India’s developers, startups and enterprises embrace frontier and agentic AI to drive the next wave of innovation. These include the launch of AI-powered educational tools and curriculum, ecosystem partnerships to strengthen safety in the agentic era, and expansions that support Indian companies’ compliance with localization requirements as they build with global AI models. At the Google I/O Connect India 2026, the company also highlighted that, based on third-party evaluations, the Google Play and Android ecosystem generated Rs 5.3 lakh crore (USD 6 billion) in revenue for app publishers and the wider economy in India in 2025, growing by 28% from 2024.