Google bets on India with Pixel smartphone manufacturing
Alphabet Inc's Google will start manufacturing smartphone s in India and its flagship Pixel 8 will be available next year, an executive said on Thursday, as the tech giant joins global companies setting up facilities in the South Asian nation. At a Google for India event, Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of devices and services, said Google will partner with international and domestic manufacturers to produce the smartphone s locally. "India is a priority market for Pixel smartphones, and we're committed to bringing the best of our hardware and underlying built-in software capabilities to people across the country," Osterloh said. No details on how many smartphone s will be manufactured or where factories will be located were immediately available. The company also announced plans to allow users to book metro tickets directly from the Google maps app. Google, which runs one of the largest payment apps via Google Pay, also said on Thursday it will tie up...