Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon
Google Labs has launched Dreambeans, an AI-powered app that transforms your digital life into personalized, AI-illustrated stories. It curates inspirational ideas based on your Google data, offering an antidote to doomscrolling with a limited number of daily suggestions.
Google Labs, the tech giant's experimental product design team, has launched Dreambeans, a new AI-fueled app for iOS and Android. This tool literally animates your life by using data from across your various Google services to generate a curated list of AI-illustrated "stories." These stories often take the form of lifestyle suggestions, such as places to visit, topics to explore, things to try, upcoming trips, or events to be aware of.
Dreambeans generates these ideas with user permission, connecting information from Google apps like Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube, and Search History. This data is used to curate a finite collection of daily stories designed to spark new ideas. For example, the app might suggest a new coffee shop near your home or offer insights about living with a new puppy if that event is marked in your calendar. Other stories might be news articles tailored to your past interests.
Product lead Gozde Oznur describes Dreambeans as an antidote to doomscrolling, providing users with a limited number of stories per day, typically 10 to 14. The intention is to offer a few inspirational ideas, encouraging users to engage with their real lives rather than endlessly browsing. The app emphasizes user privacy and control: only the user can access their stories, data can be deleted at any time, and users can choose which Google services to connect.
The name "Dreambeans" reflects the app's functionality. The "dream" aspect refers to the app's nocturnal processing of data from connected services, distilling a large amount of information while the user sleeps. The "beans" part alludes to starting the day with a freshly brewed cup of coffee, symbolizing the concentrated drop of inspiration the app delivers each morning after its overnight processing.
Dreambeans is currently available for eligible U.S.-based Google AI Ultra subscribers on Android and iOS. A waitlist is also available for users with a personal Google account.
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