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Jio Phone WhatsApp, YouTube Coming on August 15: All You Need to Know

Jio Phone WhatsApp, YouTube Coming on August 15: All You Need to Know 356o4s

By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 20 July 2018 13:58 IST

Jio Phone and Jio Phone 2 s will be able to WhatsApp and YouTube starting August 15 v3j60

Highlights

WhatsApp and YouTube will work on both Jio phones
It will have all the features available on iOS and Android
Facebook was introduced earlier this year

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Jio Phone was launched with much fanfare last year, promising to revolutionising the feature phone market as the company's telecom operations had upended the industry. However, the Jio Phone 2 hits the market.

This comes after Google introduced Google Assistant earlier, and app available on Jio Phone earlier in February. Reliance Jio Directors Akash and Isha Ambani demonstrated how WhatsApp and YouTube will work on the two phones with the help of voice command and text. Though these are especially made for the handset, Reliance Jio claims that both the apps will work in similar ways as they do on Android and iOS operating systems.

With the help of voice command, the apps open on the Jio Phone. For YouTube, asking for the "Sanju teaser" through voice command started playing the asked video on the screen. For WhatsApp, a can type the message, and the recipient will receive a notification just how it does on Android and iOS devices. Akash Ambani also mentioned that Jio Phone and Jio Phone 2 s will be able to send WhatsApp messages to both iOS and Android s as well. It is still unclear whether all features that are available for WhatsApp and YouTube s on Android and iOS will make it to Jio Phone or not.

“The three most popular apps YouTube, WhatsApp and Facebook will be available to all the Jio Phone s from 15th August,” Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said. “With the added functionalities, our wider network reach across India and strong retail presence across India, the goal that I have now set for our Jio team is to enable 100 million s on this Jio Phone platform in the shortest possible time,” he added.

In any case, the for these two popular apps will be monumental for feature phone s, who couldn't use WhatsApp or Facebook so far on their devices. As mentioned, there are about 25 million Jio Phone s in India, and access to these social apps will be revolutionary for bringing about a digital change in the remotest villages of the country.

The company also has over 215 million active connections in just about 22 months of launch.

Is Jio Phone 2 the perfect smart feature phone for the masses? We discussed that on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts or RSS, the episode, or just hit the play button below.

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