Currently, Android and iOS are the only two major platforms for smartphones. As for feature phones, there is KaiOS, which is trying to bridge the gap between smartphones and feature phones since its release. Google has been a long partner of this platform and has even invested $22 million in it. The search giant’s most used services such as YouTube, Google Assistant, and Google Maps are already available on KaiOS. Now, the company is also bringing Google Lens support for this rising feature phone OS.
KaiOS is one of the unique operating systems, which run on feature phones providing smart functionalities. It is mostly found on Nokia handsets as well as devices from carriers like Jio. Apart from Google apps, these phones also support Facebook and WhatsApp.
Google has been closely working with this platform to bring its services so that people from all walks of life can experience the services provided by the Mountain View-based tech giant.
In a post on Google India Blog, the company officially confirmed the availability of Google Lens built right into Google Assistant on KaiOS phones. To access it, users will have to long-press the center button with mic icon to launch the Google Assistant and select the camera icon.
Then, users can point their phone’s camera at any text to read it aloud or translate it to a number of Indian languages. Here’s the complete list of languages that are supported right now.
- English
- Hindi
- Bengali
- Telugu
- Marathi
- Tamil
Apart from the above-mentioned languages, Google will be soon adding the below-listed two languages as well.
- Kannada
- Gujarati
Last week, at the Reliance AGM (Annual General Meet), Google also announced to invest ₹33,737 crores ($4.5 billion) in Jio Platforms Ltd for a 7.73% equity stake. As part of the deal, it is partnering with Jio to develop an entry-level smartphone.
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