(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc's Google has informed suppliers to start out making its Pixel smartphones in India from subsequent quarter on the earliest, as a part of its plan to ship greater than 10 million Pixel telephones this 12 months. 12 months, the Nikkei newspaper stated on Thursday.
Google will begin manufacturing smartphones in India and its flagship Pixel 8 can be out there in 2024, it stated final October, because it focuses extra on a key progress market.
The transfer may even assist Google diversify its provide chain away from China, the Nikkei report stated, citing an individual with direct information of the matter.
The tech big will put together manufacturing traces for its high-end Pixel 8 Professional smartphones within the coming weeks and begin producing telephones within the April-June quarter, the report added, citing a number of sources.
The report didn’t say what number of telephones Google plans to fabricate in India or whether or not the telephones can be bought domestically or for export.
Google didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Modifying by Savio D'Souza)
