Google will start assembling the Pixel smartphone lineup in India, a company executive said, becoming the latest tech giant to bet on the South Asian market for devices manufacturing.
The company intends to start the local manufacturing with the current Pixel 8 smartphone in India and expects to ship the batch starting next year, Rick Osterloh, Senior VP of Devices and Services at Google, shared at the company’s annual India event Thursday.
Thursday’s announcement follows Google recently partnering with HP to manufacture Chromebook laptops in the country.
Google is the latest tech giant to make a push to turn India into a manufacturing hub. Apple, whose manufacturing partners began locally assembling iPhones a few years ago, now manufactures the newest models in the country.
More to follow.