Glance and Google Cloud team up to bring AI-powered shopping to your lock screen

Imagine unlocking your phone and discovering a curated shopping experience—right on your lock screen. That’s what Glance and Google Cloud’s latest partnership aims to deliver, as they join forces to develop generative AI-powered solutions that blend content, commerce, and convenience.

Tapping into Google Cloud’s Gemini AI and Imagen’s image-generation tech via Vertex AI, Glance is set to roll out an AI-driven experience. One of the first experiences is an AI-enabled commerce feature for the lock screen. 

This new feature aims at making shopping more personal—and instant. Snap a selfie or upload a photo, and AI gets to work, analysing your preferences to generate tailored images. Whether it’s styling an outfit or visualising yourself with a new gadget, you can see how products fit into your life—right from your lock screen, and the best part is you can make real-time purchase decisions from your lock screens.

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This move is part of Glance’s bigger play with ‘Glance AI,’ a generative AI-powered platform built to transform lock screens and ambient TV displays into immersive discovery hubs. Set to debut in the U.S. first, Glance AI aims to turn everyday smartphones into AI-driven powerhouses.