Jio and Google on Thursday announced that they have jointly developed a made-for-India JioPhone Next smartphone that will be available from September 10, which is also Ganesh Chaturthi.
The two companies have also expanded their partnership, wherein Jio and Google Cloud will collaborate on 5G technology.
Jio will use Google Cloud’s technologies to power its 5G solutions and boost the internal needs of key businesses such as Reliance Retail, JioMart, JioSaavn and JioHealth.
Reliance will shift its core retail businesses to Google Cloud’s infrastructure, enabling the firm to take advantage of Google’s artificial intelligence and machine learning, e-commerce and demand forecasting offerings.
On the new smartphone, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani said, “As you have come to expect from Jio, it is my promise that JioPhone Next will be, by far, the most-affordable smartphone not just in India but globally.”
Though the price of JioPhone Next was not disclosed, it will have cutting-edge features, including voice assistant, language translation, automatic read-aloud of screen text and smart camera with augmented reality filters and security updates.
