Google CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed that the JioCellphone Next smartphone is on observe to launch in India by Diwali. The smartphone has been co-developed by Reliance and runs on Pragati OS — a brand new Android-based software program that features optimisations for the Indian viewers. Pichai throughout the firm’s newest earnings name mentioned that the telephone is past simply English and caters to the individuals of India. He feels that JioCellphone Next will spearhead the shift from function telephones to smartphones for a big inhabitants.

Pichai defined to investors that the JioCellphone Next is seen as a basis for digital transformation in India. The CEO added that over the following three to 5 years, this localised, feature-rich smartphone with an aggressive price ticket can have a variety of impression.

“We see a demand for people looking to shift from feature phones to smartphones. We are building a phone that is beyond just English, and getting languages, and getting the local needs right for people and doing it in a way that many more people can take advantages of a smartphone,” the chief defined throughout the earnings name. “Overall, India, just like Asia Pacific, continues to be an exciting market for us. We see strength across categories we are involved in. And so, you’ll continue to see us stay focussed there.”

The new JioCellphone Next was detailed in a teaser video just lately. JioCellphone Next is teased to run on an optimised Android-based Pragati OS and get computerized software program upgrades. . The telephone is about to be powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Other options embrace voice help, Read Aloud, Translate, a 13-megapixel rear digicam, and preloaded Google and Jio apps. Rear digicam options will embrace portrait mode, evening mode, and preloaded customized, India-augmented actuality filters.

Price and availability of the JioCellphone Next are but to be introduced. However, a earlier leak means that the upcoming Jio smartphone might price Rs. 3,499, or underneath $50.