Google has announced that it will bring India’s online document storage service DigiLocker to the Files app on Android to allow users to access verified government-issued documents from within the app.
During the annual Google for India conference on Monday, Google announced its partnership with the Indian government to roll out the DigiLocker integration within the Files app. The search giant also announced a machine learning-based model that will help identify and organize important files, including official documents and government ID cards.
“We expect that the integration and partnership of DigiLocker on Android will lead to smoother and ubiquitous access to digitized documents in a secure manner for all our users,” said Abhishek Singh as he announced the partnership with Google. Singh acts as the President and CEO of NeGD, the MD and CEO of Digital India Corporation (DIC) and also the CEO Karmayogi Bharat.
Singh said DigiLocker has more than 137 million registered users. The service also has more than 2,300 publishers who have issued more than 5.6 billion documents to date, he said.
Google has not disclosed exact timelines on when the integration will be available to users. It also did not disclose whether the experience will also be available for iOS at some point in the future.
During the eighth edition of the annual conference, Google also announced AI-driven updates related to search and unveiled an AI offering for Google Lens that enables users to decipher doctors’ handwriting. In addition, Google introduced Courses as a feature on YouTube to provide more monetization opportunities for educational content creators.
