Google for India bets on digital skilling; small biz, language focus stays

Google's India chief Sanjay Gupta said Indians are now spending 20% more time on smartphones with 2.5x more smartphone users in past 12 months compared to the previous year

Digital skilling and education, along with enabling more language-based offerings and features dominated the seventh edition of Google's India-focused event "Google for India," held virtually for the second time on Thursday.

Google's India Country Head Sanjay Gupta said Indians are now spending 20 per cent more time on smartphones with 2.5 times more smartphone users in the last 12 months compared to the previous year.

"Across people, businesses, and institutions, the outbreak of COVID-19 has catapulted India’s adoption of digital to unprecedented levels. With the fundamental drivers of digitization now in place, and millions of new users coming online, India’s goal of