NEW DELHI: In a fillip to ‘Make in India’ initiative, Google on Thursday mentioned it goals to start out manufacturing/assembling Pixel smartphones within the nation and export it to different nations as properly early subsequent yr, because the tech large introduced a number of localised AI options at its flagship annual occasion right here.
Rick Osterloh, Senior VP of Gadgets and Providers at Google, mentioned the corporate goals to start out the native manufacturing with the present Pixel 8 smartphone within the nation and expects to export these beginning subsequent yr.
Google has shipped practically 40 million Pixel smartphones since 2016 and 10 million items within the final 12 months alone, as its newly-launched Pixel 8 collection acquire preliminary traction globally, together with in India, based on third-party experiences.
The corporate introduced all-new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional smartphones with next-gen AI capabilities, and Pixel Watch 2 in India earlier this month.
Late final month, PC and printer main HP introduced a collaboration with Google to fabricate its Chromebooks in India.
On the flagship ‘Google for India 2023’ occasion, the corporate additionally introduced a number of generative AI-focused options within the nation.
“We’re making Search Generative Expertise extra visible and native, by bringing photos and movies into many overviews,” mentioned the corporate.
Customers in India will quickly have the ability to get summaries of greater than 100 government-led schemes within the nation in each Hindi and English.
In August, Google expanded the search generative expertise (SGE) to India with a toggle for customers to change from Hindi to English with out leaving the outcomes web page.
“Generative AI in Search will quickly assist customers discover native locations and issues to do in a metropolis extra seamlessly. Search Generative Expertise may also assist you with particular particulars about sure locations (similar to whether or not it’s wheelchair accessible) by incorporating customers critiques,” the corporate introduced.
