In a move to empower feature phone users in the country, Google on Tuesday announced to bring its Voice Assistant on Reliance JioPhone.
The Google Assistant for JioPhone will be available in English and Hindi, the company announced during an event here.
This is the first time Voice Assistant will be available in any feature phone. The 4G and VoLTE-enabled JioPhone was launched on July 21 which is available free of cost with a deposit money of Rs. 1,500.
Aimed at over 50 crore feature phone users, the 2.4 inch device has 2MP rear camera and houses 2000mAh battery. The JioPhone has a single Nano-SIM slot and a microSD card slot.
According to industry sources, Jio carries more than 100 crore GB data per month.
At its India conference, Google also introduced a new navigation mode for two-wheelers with Voice Assistant capabilities in its Google Maps.
Two-wheeler mode or “Motorcycle Mode” in Google Maps has has been incorporated to help bikers in the country find the route most suitable route that use “shortcuts” not accessible to cars and trucks. It’ll also provides customized traffic and arrival time estimations.
Google notes that it informs you of road closures and parking status as well. So far, the Two-wheeler mode or “Motorcycle Mode” feature is only live in India, as it has been reportedly working for some already. Google says that the feature will arrive in more countries in the coming months.
(Written with inputs from IANS)
