JioPhone Next launch delayed, rollout will start before this Diwali

Earlier the smartphone was expected to launch today, as on June 24, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani announced that JioPhone Next will be available in the market from September 10 this year, the auspicious date of Ganesh Chaturthi.

In a statement, Jio has now said, “Both companies have started testing JioPhone Next with limited users for further refinement and are actively working to make it more widely available for the festive season of Diwali.” are doing.”

The statement further added that this additional time would also help “mitigating the current industry-wide, global semiconductor shortage”.

Jio and Google said they have made “considerable progress” towards launching the much-awaited JioPhone Next, a smartphone jointly designed for India by the companies.

JioPhone Next is the first of its kind device with optimized operating system based on Android and Play Store.

“JioPhone Next is built with exciting features like Google Assistant, automatic read-aloud and language translation for any on-screen text, a smart camera with India-centric filters and much more,” it said.

Earlier in June, Mukesh Ambani said, “The Google and Jio teams have jointly developed a really successful smartphone that we are calling the JioPhone Next.

JioPhone Next is powered by a highly optimized version of the Android operating system. Despite being ultra-affordable, JioPhone Next comes loaded with state-of-the-art features like Google

Assistant, automatic read-aloud of screen text, language translation, smart camera with augmented reality filters and more. It is a testament to a global technology company and a national technology champion working jointly to create a break-through product.

Speaking about the joint effort, Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet said, “Our vision is to bring affordable access to information for Indians in their own language, to build new products and services for India’s unique needs and to build technology and technology. To empower businesses with .

I’m excited that today, we can announce the next steps in this approach, starting with a new, affordable Jio smartphone made with Google. Our teams have optimized a version of our Android OS specifically for this device. It will come with language and translation features, a great camera, and support for the latest Android update. It is built for India and will open up new possibilities for millions of new users who will be experiencing the Internet for the first time.”