The next wave of smartphone revolution will be driven by JioPhone: Sundar Pichai
As Reliance Jio receives prepared to release its next handset quickly inside the festive season, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that in three-five years, the inexpensive JioPhone Next tool will have numerous effect in connecting and helping thousands and thousands take benefit of a phone.
The upcoming JioPhone Next smartphone will residence Pragati OS, powered through Android, that's touted as a world-class operating device constructed especially for India.
"People are looking for access and there may be absolutely been a wave of them who have adopted smartphones (in India)," Pichai stated in the course of the income name after pronouncing strong quarterly results late on Tuesday.
"There continues to be call for to shift from feature phones to smartphones. JioPhone Next is like constructing a telephone beyond the English-talking community and going local, doing it in a manner that many extra people can take gain of a cellphone," he elaborated.
The tool is built with exciting capabilities like the Google Assistant, computerized read-aloud and language translation for any on-screen textual content, a clever camera with India-centric filters and much greater.
Pichai said that he views JioPhone Next as laying the inspiration for the next wave of virtual transformation.
"It's a version of virtual transformation. And I suppose over the 3-five year time-frame, the Jio smartphone will end up having quite a few impact. But typical, India is still an thrilling market for us. We see electricity throughout the kinds we are involved in. And you'll keep to look us stay centered there," Pichai noted.
The tool will support all of the to be had android apps which users can download and use at the tool through Google Play Store.
In the span of five years, Jio has grow to be a household call in India. With 430 million customers, its offerings span geographies, financial and social classes.
With JioPhone Next, the organisation pursuits to take a decisive step toward its imaginative and prescient of democratising digital connectivity in India.