“Excited to announce that the primary of our Made in India Google Pixel 8 gadgets have began …” |

Google introduced on August 12 that it has began manufacturing of its first ‘Made in India‘ Pixel 8 smartphones, marking a major milestone within the firm’s manufacturing technique in India.
“Excited to announce that the primary of our Made in India Google #Pixel8 gadgets have began rolling off the manufacturing traces,” Google India posted on X (previously Twitter).The corporate expressed gratitude for its partnership with Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Electronics and Info Expertise.

This improvement comes simply forward of Google’s ‘Made by Google’ occasion on August 13 in California, the place the corporate is predicted to unveil its next-generation Pixel 9 sequence. Google has already confirmed the Pixel 9 sequence, together with the Pixel 9 Fold, will launch in India on August 14.
The transfer to fabricate Pixels in India aligns with Google’s dedication made eventually yr’s Google for India occasion. It is a part of the corporate’s broader technique to increase its footprint in India and capitalise on the rising demand for premium smartphones within the nation. Google goals to ship over 10 million Pixel telephones globally this yr, constructing on roughly 10 million models shipped in 2023.
Whereas particular manufacturing companions weren’t named within the announcement, earlier studies instructed Google had partnered with Foxconn and Dixon subsidiary Padget Electronics for native manufacturing. The Pixel 8 is predicted to be the primary mannequin manufactured in India, with manufacturing rumoured to have begun in Q2 2024.
This shift in Google’s provide chain technique, beforehand reliant on China for Pixel manufacturing, represents a major enhance to India’s “Make in India” initiative. The regionally manufactured Pixel 8 gadgets are anticipated to hit shops within the coming days.