Google launches Android Oreo Go App in India
Google has launched a new app, named Google Go to give the unified Google experience to Internet users on low-end handsets.
The app provides access to Google services such as Search, Voice Search, GIFs, YouTube, Translate, and Maps and includes a search bar to provide a unified experience.
Google Go also offers search trends and top stories from the Web on any particular topics. It was launched by the company at its Google for India event on Tuesday. Also announced was the Android Oreo (Go Edition) for entry-level smartphones, as well as the official launch of Files Go.
Apart from Google services, the new Go app provides users access to Facebook, CricBuzz, and Instagram. It includes a button that helps users translate their search queries with one tap. Weighing less than 5MB size, Google Go consumes 40 percent less data and is optimised for devices with less than 1GB of RAM.
It will be available for download for all Android devices starting Tuesday and will come pre-installed on Android Go devices.
For smartphones with 512MB-1GB of RAM, Google announced Oreo Go, a version of Android 8.0 Oreooptimised for low-end smartphones. It will become available over the next few months, while its code is now available for developers through Android 8.1.
Devices running on Oreo Go will have an average 15 percent faster app startup time, the company said, and preloaded apps will be optimised will take up 50 percent less space on the available storage. Google said an average Oreo Go device will be able to store an extra 1,000 photos with these optimisations.
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