Sora for Android saw nearly half a million installs on its first day (techcrunch.com)

OpenAI’s AI video app Sora pulled in an estimated 470,000 Google Play installs on its first Android day, according to Appfigures — about 296,000 of those in the U.S. Appfigures also revised its earlier iOS first‑day estimate upward to roughly 110,000 installs (about 69,300 U.S.), and Sora’s invite‑only iOS release still reached over a million installs in its first week and remains high in App Store charts. The staggered, region‑limited iOS rollout and the wider Android availability make direct comparisons imperfect, but the numbers point to strong cross‑platform demand. Technically, Sora is a prompt‑driven generative video app that lets users script and render short videos and animate real people via “Cameos,” then browse content in a TikTok‑style vertical feed. The rapid uptake underscores growing consumer interest in on‑device and cloud‑rendered generative video, with implications for compute/back‑end scaling, content moderation, and privacy around user images and likenesses. Sora’s momentum — and coincident releases like Meta AI’s mobile app expansion — signals intensifying competition and accelerating ecosystem investment in accessible generative multimedia.