Glance

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Glance is an Indian artificial intelligence-based software company. The company was co-founded in 2019 by Naveen Tewari (CEO), Abhay Singhal, Mohit Saxena, and Piyush Shah with their headquarters being in Bangalore. Glance is owned by InMobi, a multinational technology company.

Glance
Basic information
Founded 2019
Legal Structure Private
Industry Artificial Intelligence
Official website https://glance.com/

Consumer-impact summary edit

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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Incidents edit

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Glance category.

Program Cannot Be Uninstalled (2022-) edit

A quick search can find numerous reddit threads and reviews complaining about this bloatware, as well as articles written by Glance which attempt to subvert you looking for ways to uninstall their crap. Once you disable it from having access to all the lock screen settings (because it can't actually be uninstalled if it came loaded your phone, short of a rootkit) it will use your data to download the latest updates, UNDO ALL THE SETTINGS YOU CHANGED, and then on wake, tell you to Activate Glance. This currently happens on Samsung, Motorola, Oppo, and other mobile phones.

AI-generated lock screen ads (2025) edit

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Samsung and Glance teamed up to deliver a new "AI shopping" experience that uses a selfie to create custom fashion ads.[1]

Products edit

Roposo (2014, Acquired in 2019):

Shop101 (2015, Acquired in 2021):

Gambit (Acquired in 2022):

See also edit

Samsung

References edit

  1. Whitwam, Ryan (2025-06-04). "Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2025-08-23.