Micromax, Intex Tight-Lipped on Android Go Oreo Phone Launch Rumours

Android Oreo Go Edition Announced for Low-End Phones What It Brings

Micromax, Intex, Karbonn and Lava take reportedly tied up with Google to launch super-affordable 4G-capable smartphones that run Android Oreo (Go edition).

FactorDaily reports that Micromax volition exist leading the line by launching the get-go Android Oreo Go device this month for a price-tag of but Rs 2,000. The site adds that Micromax volition unveil the device around Jan 26 to coincide with the Republic Twenty-four hour period.

When contacted, Micromax declined to comment officially, but sources close to the company told Beebom information technology will indeed launch Android Get phones in the next ane-2 months.More details are expected on this in the adjacent few weeks, though the company did not confirm the confirm the reported launch date of Jan 26.

We also contacted Intex, i of the manufacturers mentioned in the written report. An Intex spokesperson told Beebom,"We are non planning to launch whatsoever phones with Android Oreo Become this month. We are likely to release some phones with Oreo effectually April, but not right now."

Late in 2017, we got word of Nokia ane, which was expected to exist the first ever Android Oreo (Go Edition) phone. And it's been nearly nine months since Google unveiled Android Go, and so information technology's not unlikely that the get-go devices running the lightweight Os well-nigh to be launched. Afterward all, with the new approach to Android in Go Edition phones, engineers at OEMs and Google clearly needed time to optimize the Os for low-end phones.

Google appear Android Get in May 2017 at the company's almanac developer briefing, Google I/O. Information technology is an optimized version of Android that has been designed specifically for devices with ultra low-stop hardware (between 512 MB and one GB of RAM). It also comes with Get-branded Google apps ( Google Get, YouTube Go, Files Go, Google Maps Get, Gmail Go), a streamlined Google Play Store and a special version of Google Banana.

Google has slotted Become under the Next Billion Users project, which is fast-tracking Google'south efforts to bring fast high-quality internet connectivity, lightweight apps and a trimmed-down OS to underserved markets. With the rumoured cost tags, Google is conspicuously going later the latest sensation in the Indian mobile market – the Reliance'due south JioPhone, which has reinforced India'south appetite for cheap devices with high-speed mobile cyberspace.