Google Finance gets a dedicated app for Android | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Google on Thursday launched a dedicated mobile app for Google Finance that houses users’ watchlists and provides real-time market data, live financial news, and Google’s AI-powered “Key Moments” feature, which explains why stocks are moving. The app is launching on Android first, and Google says it will launch an iOS version in the coming months. More features, such as the ability to listen to live earnings calls, are also coming. Google launching a stand-alone finance app is likely less about giving investors another place to check stock prices and more about Google trying to stake a claim in the increasingly crowded financial information app market. The move puts Google in direct competition with consumer finance platforms like Yahoo Finance and trading apps like Robinhood. The tech giant also said its new AI-powered Google Finance web experience, unveiled last year, is coming out of beta with new features. Google is also rolling out portfolios globally within the new Google Fin