Google I/O Connect India 2025: Google Created 35 Lakh Jobs In India

At the Google I/O Connect India 2025 event, Google announced that its Android and Google Play ecosystem supported the creation of 35 lakh jobs in India in 2024. The figure, based on third-party evaluations, includes direct, indirect, and spillover employment generated through app development, publishing, and allied industries.

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Citing data from Public First, an economics, policy, and opinion research consultancy, the report highlights that these jobs span various domains—including software development, customer support, marketing, design, and IT services—underscoring the broad economic impact of the mobile app ecosystem in the country.

Alongside employment figures, Google shared that the Android and Play ecosystem contributed an estimated ₹4 lakh crore in revenue to Indian app publishers and the wider economy in 2024. This includes revenue generated via app sales, in-app purchases, subscriptions, advertising, and associated service demand.

Google I/O Connect India 2025: Google Generated ₹4 lakh Crore In App Revenue in India In One Year

At the Google I/O Connect India 2025 event, Google revealed that India now hosts the second largest number of active developers on Google Play globally. Indian developers have played a key role in building impactful Android applications that support India’s expanding digital economy.

According to third-party research cited by Google, 72 percent of surveyed Indian users said their first experience with the internet was on an Android device, 85 percent reported using their Android phone to access digital public services, and 69 percent noted their first interaction with AI occurred via an app on their Android phone.

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Additionally, the open-source nature of Android has enabled Indian device makers to offer affordable smartphones, leading to an estimated ₹25,200 crore in development and operating cost savings across the industry.

India is one of the largest Android markets globally, with the platform powering over 95 percent of smartphones in the country. Google Play serves as a key channel for over 200,000 Indian developers, enabling them to build, distribute, and monetise apps for a global user base.

In addition to job creation, Google highlighted its continued investments in India’s digital and startup ecosystem. It is actively supporting AI-focused innovation through initiatives like the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First, which provides mentorship, cloud support, and tools to early-stage companies working in generative AI and language technologies.

Google also reiterated its partnership with BharatGen at IIT Bombay, aimed at developing automatic speech recognition and text-to-speech models for Indian languages, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital infrastructure.