インドで設立し同国初のユニコーン（企業価値が高い新興企業）に成長した、ソフトバンクグループも出資するモバイル向け広告大手インモビ（InMobi、本社シンガポール）

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スマホ向け、グランスが日本参入

The smart lock screen product offers users personalised content, without the need to unlock their phones or download an app. But to conquer Japan is a tall order

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InMobi's Glance launches in Japan, aims for 40 percent of Android market

Singapore-headquartered Glance has already expanded in Indonesia and is now eyeing the US market. It recently launched in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.


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InMobi’s Glance takes its smart lock screen services to Japan

The initial rollout in Japan focusses on news, trending content and gaming

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Glance takes its AI-Powered Smart Lock Screens to Japan

スマホを使っていて、最も見る回数が多い画面といえばロック画面だ。メールやメッセージの通知、各種アプリのお知らせが届き、ユーザーは1日に100回以上ロック画面をチェックするという調査データもある。

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その手があったか！スマホのロック画面でニュースやゲームを楽しめる新サービス「Glance」が上陸

Glanceによって、Androidスマートフォンのロック画面で、ロック解除やアプリのダウンロード、コンテンツ検索をすることなく、パーソナライズされたインターネットを体験することが可能となります。

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スマートロック画面プラットフォームの「Glance」、大手通信キャリアおよびAndroidスマートフォンブランドと提携し日本での提供を開始

Glance

Launches its AI commerce platform with Sharp’s Flagship AQUOS R10 smartphones

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      <h3>Launches its AI commerce platform with Sharp’s Flagship AQUOS R10 smartphones </h3>
      <p class="bold">Key Highlights</p>
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        <li>Glance AI enters Japan in partnership with Sharp, debuting AI-powered shopping on the new AQUOS R10 SH-M31
          smartphone. </li>

        <li>Launches with fashion commerce; to expand soon into other high affinity categories like beauty, accessories,
          travel and pet care. </li>

        <li>Aims to reach 10 million devices in Japan by December 2025, driving the future of mobile-first, AI-powered
          commerce. </li>

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    <p><span class="bold">Tokyo, 04 August 2025: </span>
      Glance, a consumer technology company backed by Google, today announced the launch of its flagship AI Commerce
      platform, <em><strong>Glance AI,</strong></em> in Japan through a partnership with leading consumer electronics
      company <strong>Sharp Corporation.&nbsp;</strong></p>

   <p>Unveiled globally in May, Glance AI is an inspiration-led commerce platform that blends generative AI with immersive visual intelligence to redefine how users shop on their smartphones. It’s debut in Japan marks a major global milestone in the evolution of AI commerce, bringing intelligent and hyper-personalised shopping to one of the world’s most technologically advanced and mobile-centric markets.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Glance AI is now available on both variants of Sharp’s newly launched flagship smartphone, the <strong>AQUOS R10 SH-M31</strong>, introducing Japanese users to a radically new way of discovering products —seamlessly integrated into their mobile experience."&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Mansi Jain, SVP &amp; GM, Glance AI</strong>, said, <em>“The launch of Glance AI in Japan is a defining moment for the future of AI commerce. Japan’s mobile-first users and appetite for innovation make it an ideal market for this next-gen experience. With Sharp’s premium devices and Glance’s AI capabilities, we’re delivering our most advanced, personal, and visually intelligent commerce experience to everyday consumers. We are starting with fashion and will expand to categories that resonate deeply with Japanese consumers.”</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Masaaki Nakae, General Manager of Sharp Corporation's Communications Business Division</strong>, said, <em>“Our partnership with Glance AI will usher in a whole new era of deeply personalized shopping. We see Glance AI not just as a feature, but as an attractive mobile UX that will differentiate Sharp's devices in a competitive market and create a future.”</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Glance AI transforms how users engage with shopping. Instead of browsing endless product listings, users can simply upload a selfie or even select a photo from their gallery to see themselves styled in AI-generated fashion looks curated to their taste and personality.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Glance AI is built on a powerful, proprietary three-layered tech stack that transforms how people experience shopping. Its <strong>Commerce Intelligence Model</strong> taps into decades of global retail data to understand evolving trends, cultures, and consumer behaviour. The <strong>GenAI Experience Model</strong> generates hyper-realistic fashion visualizations, personalized to individual features like body type, skin tone, and style preferences. Lastly, its <strong>Transaction Journey Model</strong> anticipates user intent, instantly matching each look with the best product options across millions of global catalogues.&nbsp;</p>
<p>By integrating with cutting-edge platforms like Google Gemini and Imagen on Vertex AI, Glance AI delivers seamless, personalized fashion experiences that feel intuitive, effortless, in near real time.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Entirely opt-in and intuitively designed, Glance AI enables users to explore looks, receive recommendations, and shop instantly through a network of over 400 leading global brands and retailers – all in a single tap.&nbsp;</p>
<p>While Glance AI launches in Japan with fashion—one of the most expressive and fast-moving categories for mobile users, it plans to expand rapidly into other lifestyle segments such as beauty, accessories, and travel. It is also looking at expanding into pet care, one of Japan’s most emotionally resonant and fastest growing consumer sectors. With over 20 million pet owners and a booming market for pet-related products and services, the country offers a unique opportunity to innovate in this space.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The launch of Glance AI marks the first step in a broader strategy to build meaningful consumer experiences in Japan. Glance AI aims to be available on over 10 million devices in Japan by end of this calendar year, driving the next wave of mobile-first, AI-native commerce experience in the region at scale.&nbsp;</p>
    <p class="bold">About Glance</p>
   <p>Glance is a consumer technology company, creating an industry defining AI commerce platform to help consumers and businesses reimagine shopping using generative AI. Built on a proprietary AI architecture fusing predictive intelligence, neural visualization and real-time orchestration across devices from mobile, TV to apps, Glance AI is leading disruption in commerce. Glance is backed by Google, Jio Platforms, and Mithril Capital, and is an unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi. For more information, visit <a href="https://glance.com/">glance.com</a> and <a href="https://www.inmobi.com/">inmobi.com</a>.  &nbsp;</p>



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Consumer internet company, Glance, and Google Cloud today announced a strategic partnership to bring the power of generative AI (gen AI) to millions of Glance-enabled smartphones worldwide

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                <li>Glance to leverage Google’s portfolio of AI models including Gemini and Imagen</li>
                <li>To build generative AI -powered experiences on top of Glance’s Mobile and TV Surfaces generating a ‘personal internet’ for users  </li>
                <li>Glance to launch ‘Glance AI,’ a gen AI-powered platform, supercharging smartphones into AI phones
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        <p><span class="bold">Bangalore, Singapore, Sunnyvale, Calif., 26 February 2025: </span>
            Consumer internet company, Glance, and Google Cloud today announced a strategic partnership to bring the power of generative AI (gen AI) to millions of Glance-enabled smartphones worldwide. Through this collaboration, Glance will leverage Google’s AI models to develop consumer-facing AI applications designed to enhance and enrich user experiences on smartphone lock screens and ambient TV screens.  </p>
        <p>Glance, a pioneer in delivering AI-powered smart lock screen experiences, currently powers more than 450 million Android-based smartphones worldwide. The company has an active user base of more than 300 million across India, Indonesia, Japan, the United States, and other countries. It is now building the next generation of Glance, which aims to turn every user’s lock screen into the center of their digital experiences, integrating their news, sports, games, entertainment, fashion, and shopping with gen AI to create a ‘personal internet’ for the user. </p>

        <p>Glance will leverage Google Cloud’s Gemini intelligence capabilities and Imagen’s state of the art image generation capabilities via Vertex AI to power Glance’s next-gen experiences. One of the first experiences is an immersive, gen AI-enabled commerce feature for the lock screen. This feature allows users to upload a single image (selfie or upload from gallery), which is then analyzed to infer their interests and preferences. Users can then use gen AI to generate personalized images that place them in relevant contexts, transforming their lock screen wallpapers. As users visualize themselves with various products, they can make real-time purchase decisions seamlessly from their lock screens.</p>
        <p>“Our mission at Glance is to inspire users to become the best version of themselves through discovery-led experiences on surfaces powered by AI. We want to be the world’s largest consumer tech platform, reaching a billion screens by 2028, and our partnership with Google Cloud is key,” <strong>said Naveen Tewari, Founder &amp; CEO of InMobi &amp; Glance.</strong> “Our combined knowledge, AI capabilities, and expertise uniquely position Glance to deliver the next level of&nbsp; AI-driven experiences for smartphone users, supported by viable business models such as commerce and advertising.”</p>
        <p>The partnership comes as Glance prepares to launch ‘Glance AI,’ a gen AI-powered platform designed to deliver immersive discovery experiences on both smartphone lock screens and TV ambient screens. To be launched in the U.S. market first, Glance AI aims to supercharge ordinary smartphones into AI phones through experiences that redefine content and commerce. </p>
<p><strong>Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud added</strong>, “Generative AI technologies have the power to transform experiences for people around the world, and mobile phones are a key touchpoint. Glance can now harness Google Cloud’s cutting-edge gen AI technologies  to develop groundbreaking applications across commerce, content, and more that will unlock new possibilities for customers. ”&nbsp;</p>
        <p>Launched in 2019, Glance is one of the earliest to unlock the potential of the smartphone lock screen, providing unique AI-driven personalized content discovery experiences. The Glance smart lock screen is delivered in partnership with OEMs and telcos. All functions are customizable, opt-in, and do not access user data, while maintaining user privacy. The platform relies on usage patterns to continually refine its recommendation engine and provide the best-in-class experience to the consumers. </p>


        <p class="bold">About Glance</p>
        <p>Founded in 2019, Glance is a consumer technology company that operates some of the most disruptive digital
            platforms including Glance, Roposo, and Nostra. Glance has redefined the way internet is consumed on the
            lock screen, removing the need for searching and downloading apps. Over 400 million smartphones now come
            enabled with Glance’s next-generation internet experience. Roposo has revolutionized commerce by launching a
            destination for creator-led live entertainment commerce. Headquartered in Singapore, Glance is an
            unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi Group and is funded by Jio Platforms, Google, and Mithril Capital. For
            more information visit <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://www.glance.com">glance.com</a>,
            <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://www.roposo.com">roposo.com</a> and
            <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://www.inmobi.com">inmobi.com</a>
        </p>

        <p class="bold">About Google Cloud</p>
        <p>Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.</p>

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Consumers in Japan can now experience personalized internet on Android smartphone lock screens through Glance, without unlocking phones, downloading any apps, or searching for content 

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        <p><span class="italic">Consumers in Japan can now experience personalized internet on Android smartphone lock
                screens through Glance, without unlocking phones, downloading any apps, or searching for content</span>
        </p>
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                <li class="italic">For carriers and Android Smartphone brands, Glance presents an opportunity to
                    differentiate themselves and boost consumer engagement through lock screen experiences. </li>
                <li class="italic">SoftBank Corp’s subscribers using select Xiaomi and Motorola smartphone models are
                    the first to experience Glance in Japan
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                <li class="italic">More top carriers and brands expected to make Glance available for consumers soon
                </li>
                <li class="italic">Glance is present on more than 450 million Android smartphones globally through
                    partnerships with world’s top 6 Android smartphone brands.
                </li>
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        <p><span class="bold">Tokyo/Singapore, August 28, 2023:</span> In today’s information heavy world, deciding what
            to watch, read or experience on the smartphone can be exhausting for consumers. Searching, downloading
            multiple apps, switching between these apps and scrolling through endless feed often tires the mind, leaving
            consumers drained. But what if there was a way to make it easier for consumers to enjoy the internet? What
            if the smartphone could be made smarter, simplifying the way consumers discover content and experiences on
            the internet? </p>

        <p>
            <span class="bold">Glance Lock Screen, one of the world’s leading smart lock screen platforms</span>, is
            doing just that, changing how hundreds of millions of consumers across the world engage with the internet.
            And for the <span class="bold">first time ever</span>, consumers of Japan’s biggest carriers and Android
            smartphone brands can experience this revolutionary smart lock screen platform as well.
        </p>

        <p>
            Glance is an AI-driven platform that offers a wide range of experiences <span class="bold">directly on the
                lock screens of
                Android smartphones</span>. These lock screen experiences include instant games, live game streaming,
            news, sports,
            lifestyle, fashion, entertainment, shopping, and live content. These premium and beautiful experiences are
            delivered through Glance’s partnership with reputed publishers, content partners, and developers. Glance’s
            AI personalises these experiences, ensuring that consumers find content that is most relevant and important
            to them, each time they glance or look at their lock screen. They do this <span class="bold">without needing
                to unlock their
                phones or download multiple apps or spend time searching for content.</span>
        </p>

        <p>
            <span class="italic">“With Glance we are unlocking the power of the lock screen, using AI to transform
                passive lock screens into smart lock screens,” </span><span class="bold">says Piyush Shah, Co-founder of
                InMobi
                Group and COO &amp; President of Glance. </span> <span class="italic">“Consumers check their lock screen
                over 100 times a day,
                but only use it for notifications, battery, and time. With Glance smart lock screen, they can stay on
                top of everything that interests them throughout the day. This could be a casual game that they love,
                latest score of a baseball game, the latest J-pop album launch, updates on their favourite celebrities
                and shows or news that matters to them – all without unlocking, downloading, or searching.” <span class="bold">Shah adds,</span>
                “We are truly honoured to launch in the Japanese market and hope to bring the best lock screen
                experience to consumers here.” </span>
        </p>
        <p>
            In Japan, Glance is already available to subscribers of <span class="bold">SoftBank Corp using Xiaomi (Redmi
                Note 9T Redmi Note
                10T, and 12T Pro) and Motorola (Moto G53y 5G) smartphones</span>. In the upcoming quarters, it aims to
            expand its
            presence to other big carriers and Android smartphone brands in Japan. Globally, Glance is present on over
            450 million Android smartphones, and is aiming to be on over one billion phones in the next two years. The
            platform has over 230 million active users, primarily in India and Indonesia, while it has recently launched
            in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. </p>
        <p>
            <span class="bold">Aditya Goyal, Senior Vice President &amp; GM, Strategic Distribution Partnerships, Glance says</span>, <span class="italic">“For carriers
            and smartphone brands, Glance is an opportunity to differentiate themselves and boost consumer engagement
            through a unique experience. The top six Android phone brands have integrated Glance on their smartphones in
            multiple markets globally and are using it to deliver personalized experiences for their consumers. We are
            excited to enable carriers and brands in Japan to provide this same innovative and captivating mobile
            experience to consumers here.”</span>
        </p>
        <p>
            Initially, Glance consumers in Japan will be able to discover news, trending content, and gaming on their
            lock screens. Content and experiences on Glance are powered by Japan’s biggest publishers, including Yahoo
            Japan Corporation (Partners of Yahoo! News), LINE Digital Frontier Corporation LINE Manga), dely
            Inc.（Kurashiru), Ikkyu Corporation (ikkyu.com), C Channel Corporation CHANNEL), SoftBank
            Corporation（Baseball LIVE, Basket LIVE), Mybest Inc.（mybest), AllAbout Inc (AllAbout).

            For publishers such as these, Glance provides a new and exciting way to reach the right consumers at a large
            scale. Several other top publishers are expected to join the platform in the coming quarters. </p>



        <p>
            Glance has established a strong team in Tokyo, led by Masato Ito, Head of Market Development Japan,
            demonstrating its commitment to the market. This team is expected to grow significantly in the coming
            quarters. The platform is also expanding its presence to other regions and aims to launch in the US soon.
            Glance is headquartered in Singapore and is funded by investors including Jio Platforms, Google, and Mithril
            Capital.
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        <p class="bold">About Glance</p>
        <p>Founded in 2019, Glance is a consumer technology company that operates disruptive digital platforms including Glance, Roposo, and Nostra. Glance’s ’smart lock screen’ inspires consumers to make the most of every moment by surfacing relevant experiences without the need for unlocking their phones, downloading apps, or searching for content. Glance Lock Screen is currently available on over 450 million smartphones worldwide. Roposo is a LIVE platform that is revolutionizing live experiences, through a unique, immersive, creator-led approach. Nostra is the largest gaming platform in India and Southeast Asia, offering gamers engaging ways to discover, play, watch, learn and compete. </p>
            <p>
            Headquartered in Singapore, Glance is an
            unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi Group and is funded by Jio Platforms, Google, and Mithril Capital. For
            more information visit <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://www.glance.com">glance.com</a>,
            <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://www.roposo.com">roposo.com</a> and
            <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://www.inmobi.com">inmobi.com</a>
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