Google CEO Sundar Pichai visiting India for the first time after becoming the CEO of Google. The report highlighted that the India-born Google CEO will be visiting PM Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee. Now, the buzz online reveals that Pichai will be in India also to launch the Android One version 2.0
Some media persons have received an invite for a December 16 event that reads, "At Google we believe that technology can change people's lives for the better. Indians are coming online at an astonishing rate with affordable smartphones. These new users have a completely fresh view on what the Internet has to offer. Please block your date for an event with Google as we outline our vision for these users," says the Google press invite which appears to be in tandem with the company's vision for Android One.
The
invite talks about new Indians coming online and affordable phones, clearly
hinting at the next version of Android One. Google had launched Android One in
India last year, but the phones failed to make an impact. The onslaught of
numerous Chinese vendors further stiffened the competition.
From what
we have heard so far, Google is planning on launching an ultra-affordable
Android One smartphone in partnership with Lava. Running the stock Android OS,
the new smartphone will be priced in the sub-Rs 4,000 segment, and will be
targeted at first time smartphone users.
Google is
also making a few changes to the Android One program, and this time around its
hardware partners will have more freedom. These companies will be able to
choose hardware components, features that go into the phones, as well as how
much they cost.
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