Tech News: Google Is Looking For Suppliers In India To Assemble Pixel Smartphones

Tech News: Tech giant Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. Pixel smartphones are all set to be manufactured in India. Recently there are reports that the Google company is looking for a supplier for this. As reported by Livemint, a source said on condition of anonymity that Google (Alphabet Inc) has partnered with companies including Bharat FIH, Foxconn Technology Group’s Indian branch, indigenous brands Lava International Limited and Dixon Technologies India Limited, and is currently in discussions. The streak continues.

Negotiations with companies already availed of PLI Scheme –
Google will be the latest international technology player to shift manufacturing to India. A potential partner Google is in talks with has secured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s so-called Production Linked Financial Incentives (PLI), which encourages local production. Apple has leveraged the PLI scheme in India to triple its iPhone production capacity to over $7 billion by March 2023.

An initiative to create an alternative manufacturing hub of India –
PM Modi has been promoting India as an alternative manufacturing hub, as most companies are wary of the risks of becoming dependent on China in the wake of its draconian Covid lockdown and the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Modi is in America today. There, his delegation is expected to hold talks on topics including the removal of technical trade barriers between the two countries.

Ashwini Vaishnav Meets Google CEO –
Last month, India’s technology minister Ashwini Vaishnav met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, for talks revolving around Modi’s local manufacturing campaign and India’s state-backed technology push. Ana Corrales and Maggie Wei were among the key Google executives visiting India this month.

Good News for Google Chat users

If you also use Google Chat, this news may be useful for you. This Smart Compose feature will simplify many typing tasks for Google Workplace customers. Google has already started rolling it out to all users and it will be launched for scheduled release domains from June 26.

What is Google going to do new in its chat?

Google is introducing the Smart Compose feature in its communication service ‘Google Chat’ on the web. This machine-learning-powered feature suggests relevant phrases as you type, saving you time by reducing repetitive typing and also reducing spelling and grammar errors, Google said in a Workspace Updates blogpost on Monday.

The Smart Compose feature will be available in multiple languages

Smart Compose feature is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian. This feature is helpful for users as it makes composing messages quick and easy, saving time and effort. Also it does not have admin controls and will be on by default. In March this year, the company announced that it is introducing new features for Space Manager in Google Chat. In which members can add or remove members or groups from the space.

Google bard also went live

Apart from these updates, another news useful for you is that Google has rolled out its AI chatbot Bard to everyone. To access Bard, you have to visit the company’s official website. By going to the website you have to click on ‘Try Bird’ option and start your work after reading the T&C. This model also works like chat GPT. You can search anything by typing your query in the search box.

Google Chat: Google added Red Warning feature in chat, how it works for you, know…

Google is going to add a bright red warning banner in chat to alert people about suspicious invites/links, which could be a cover for phishing or malware based attacks. The feature has been rolled out, and is set to roll out to both the mobile and desktop versions of Google Chat in a few weeks for users who haven’t received it yet. Whenever there is a potentially dangerous message in the chat, Google will try to flag it in a bright red color box next to the message – this invite is suspicious. These conversations contain links to known phishing sites, which may attempt to steal your data. For which you can either reply through Block or Accept option.