Pingu
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Google, the US tech giant, turned 18 on 27th September 2016. Happy Birthday, Google.
With age, the company is also trying to make it big in India with services tailored to Indian setting.
Google announced today various ideas and platform calling it 'Google for India', to overcome digital boundaries, slow internet connection and limited data availability.
YouTube Go
This is the first made-for-India application for smartphone users which lets users control over the videos they watch on YouTube. Google said it will test the application before making it public, and need to signup for an early access at youtubego.com/signup
This, India-only at first, application was tested and is based on the usage data collected over the past year on how YouTube is used in India.
YouTube Go will let you have control over data, which means it lets you know the exact size of the video or the content by being transparent about it. YouTube Go also lets you preview the video before watching it.
YouTube Go has a unique feature which lets you share the videos with your friends or family members who are nearby without using internet or any data.
YouTube Go is programmed to work even on the slowest internet connection without much of buffering.
Google Station: WiFi at even more places
After announcing their tie-up with Indian Railways and RailTel to offer free internet over WiFi at Railway Stations across India, Google today introduced new 'Google Station' a platform for "partners" who are interest in providing internet over WiFi at other places.
Google Station provides software and a guidance on hardware to provide best of internet services which includes better security, unified login, better maintenance giving safe, faster and reliable connections for public.
To connect more people to internet, Google Station can help provide people get online at City Malls, Bus shelters, and cafes with affordable and fast internet.
Google is interested in working with more "strategic and forward-thinking" partners to bring the best of internet to a larger audience. To know more visit station.google.com
Allo, "Ab Hindi Me"
Last week Google brought the smart instant messaging app/platform to its Android and iOS phones but with the smart replies and interaction with the AI, called Google Assistant, limited to only English language, mostly in US English.
With an intention to grow in India rapidly, Google mentioned that Allo would support smart replies in Hindi and Assitant to work with Hindi language.
Hindi being one of the official languages spoken in India, is also known to be the 4th most spoken language in the World.
This will soon be rolled out to Allo users by the end of the year.
Chrome and Google Play for slower connections
Google wants to bring the content to everybody even for the consumers with connectivity challenges via Google Play and Chrome browser for Android and Chromebooks.
Chrome has been offering fast browsing experiences even on the slowest internet service on Android and desktop computers.
Connectivity being a challenge in India, Google wants to enhance the experience of internet by optimizing browser Chrome to work on slowest/2G connections and reduce the usage of data while viewing multimedia heavy content like videos, images. Google says this is achieved by the enhanced 'Data Saver' mode on Chrome to load webpages faster than before.
Chrome will also let you save the webpages offline to view images, videos, music without an active internet connection after downloading them on their phones or desktops. If the download is interrupted by a bad connection, the same will resume once the connectivity is back.
Google Play will also be tailored for 2G connections, where the content can be accessed by anybody without many interruptions. Google Play is indicated to cache the data for PlayStore when on Wi-Fi, saying it will pre-load popular content from the app store, and also enable to option to "Wait for WiFi" to install only when there is an active WiFi connection available to save cellular data.
Google News on Lite
Google has many sites cached and delivers a lite version the main websites when the bandwidth is seemingly less. This is has been applied widely over the search results across the web.
Google News and Weather app will now support Lite mode, where the news is trimmed to present with only content that is essential to the topic. On a congested or a low-bandwidth network, Application will autmotically set itself to the Lite mode for a smoother experience.
Caesar Sengupta, VP, Next Billion Users Team, from Google appreciates the information and knowledge gained from the Indian experience which inspired Google Maps Offline, has seen a tremendous success even in countries with faster connections that India, using it for places where the connection is less and making the map use seamless.
Pingu
Source:
Official Google India Blog: Google for India: Making our products work better for everyone
With age, the company is also trying to make it big in India with services tailored to Indian setting.
Google announced today various ideas and platform calling it 'Google for India', to overcome digital boundaries, slow internet connection and limited data availability.
YouTube Go
This is the first made-for-India application for smartphone users which lets users control over the videos they watch on YouTube. Google said it will test the application before making it public, and need to signup for an early access at youtubego.com/signup
This, India-only at first, application was tested and is based on the usage data collected over the past year on how YouTube is used in India.
YouTube Go will let you have control over data, which means it lets you know the exact size of the video or the content by being transparent about it. YouTube Go also lets you preview the video before watching it.
YouTube Go has a unique feature which lets you share the videos with your friends or family members who are nearby without using internet or any data.
YouTube Go is programmed to work even on the slowest internet connection without much of buffering.
Google Station: WiFi at even more places
After announcing their tie-up with Indian Railways and RailTel to offer free internet over WiFi at Railway Stations across India, Google today introduced new 'Google Station' a platform for "partners" who are interest in providing internet over WiFi at other places.
Google Station provides software and a guidance on hardware to provide best of internet services which includes better security, unified login, better maintenance giving safe, faster and reliable connections for public.
To connect more people to internet, Google Station can help provide people get online at City Malls, Bus shelters, and cafes with affordable and fast internet.
Google is interested in working with more "strategic and forward-thinking" partners to bring the best of internet to a larger audience. To know more visit station.google.com
Allo, "Ab Hindi Me"
Last week Google brought the smart instant messaging app/platform to its Android and iOS phones but with the smart replies and interaction with the AI, called Google Assistant, limited to only English language, mostly in US English.
With an intention to grow in India rapidly, Google mentioned that Allo would support smart replies in Hindi and Assitant to work with Hindi language.
Hindi being one of the official languages spoken in India, is also known to be the 4th most spoken language in the World.
This will soon be rolled out to Allo users by the end of the year.
Chrome and Google Play for slower connections
Google wants to bring the content to everybody even for the consumers with connectivity challenges via Google Play and Chrome browser for Android and Chromebooks.
Chrome has been offering fast browsing experiences even on the slowest internet service on Android and desktop computers.
Connectivity being a challenge in India, Google wants to enhance the experience of internet by optimizing browser Chrome to work on slowest/2G connections and reduce the usage of data while viewing multimedia heavy content like videos, images. Google says this is achieved by the enhanced 'Data Saver' mode on Chrome to load webpages faster than before.
Chrome will also let you save the webpages offline to view images, videos, music without an active internet connection after downloading them on their phones or desktops. If the download is interrupted by a bad connection, the same will resume once the connectivity is back.
Google Play will also be tailored for 2G connections, where the content can be accessed by anybody without many interruptions. Google Play is indicated to cache the data for PlayStore when on Wi-Fi, saying it will pre-load popular content from the app store, and also enable to option to "Wait for WiFi" to install only when there is an active WiFi connection available to save cellular data.
Google News on Lite
Google has many sites cached and delivers a lite version the main websites when the bandwidth is seemingly less. This is has been applied widely over the search results across the web.
Google News and Weather app will now support Lite mode, where the news is trimmed to present with only content that is essential to the topic. On a congested or a low-bandwidth network, Application will autmotically set itself to the Lite mode for a smoother experience.
Caesar Sengupta, VP, Next Billion Users Team, from Google appreciates the information and knowledge gained from the Indian experience which inspired Google Maps Offline, has seen a tremendous success even in countries with faster connections that India, using it for places where the connection is less and making the map use seamless.
Pingu
Source:
Official Google India Blog: Google for India: Making our products work better for everyone
