*In a major push to the government鈥檚 ‘Make in India’ initiative, Alphabet鈥檚 Google is set to begin manufacturing its flagship smartphone Google Pixel in the country by the next quarter (Q2) of 2024

Gbenga Kayode | 绿帽献妻

As the global tech giants innovate in the digital ecosystem and sequel to Apple iPhones, report indicates the rave might soon be made-in-India Google鈥檚 Pixel smartphones.

绿帽献妻 learnt that in a major push to the government鈥檚 Make in India initiative, Alphabet鈥檚 Google is set to begin manufacturing its flagship smartphone Google Pixel in India by the next quarter.

In regard to the ‘Make in India’, it is noted that the project is part of the Big Tech’s plan to ship over 10 million Pixel phones from India this year, the report said.

In the process, Google will prepare production lines for its high-end Pixel 8 Pro smartphones in the coming weeks and start producing phones in the April-June quarter of 2024.

The report, however, didn’t clarify the number of phones to be produced, or if the phones will be sold locally, as Google had earlier made commitments of this nature October 2023.

At the ninth edition of the Google for India event, the company had announced that it would start manufacturing Pixel phones in India soon.

Rick Osterloh, Senior Vice-President, Devices and Services at Google, was said to have announced that the first set of India-made Google Pixel 8 devices would debut this year.

Google considers India a key market. And, like Apple, this move will help Google diversify its supply chain away from China, according to report.

It is recalled the technology company began manufacturing its Chromebook laptops October last year, in India, in partnership with HP to enhance accessibility to affordable and secure computing for Indian students.

It also announced new capabilities to its generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiment in Search, Search Generative Experience (SGE), in India by including images and videos.

Report further indicates Apple significantly ramped up iPhone production in India in 2023, breaching the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark, a substantial increase from the previous year.

Notably, Rs 65,000 crore worth of these iPhones were exported from India between January and December 2024.