If you remember when Android was launched against Blackberry Os in 2009 it was designed for Qwerty phone later on it came on Smartphone and became some of the compatible Os for Smartphone in list of Symbian and iOS. But wheel of time again revolve and Now Reports are suggesting that Google is Working on a Touchless as back on its Git respitory suggest “Touchless” and shows some Code that it is modifying completing browser Experience for this “Dumb” form factor. I know you are thinking that Android Go exist then what’s need for this. Well the Answer as there many user out there who cannot buy even Android Go smartphone for various they prefer Dumb Phone. Also Many Smartphone user keep these Dumb phone as they help them to be productive and focus on there work and etc also today these are not Dumb thanks to Kai Os and Jio Phone was also a success. Also a steep increase in graph of user using KaiOs. Even Google had funded it.
So I think thats why Google is focusing on this.
A prototype from Nokia.
A video is been surfacing on Vimeo which shows a Nokia dumb phone Prototype with Android Os and G apps completely. Though the Nokia Dumb Phone comes with Kai Os inside but as shown in video UX and UI is pretty Good and revamped Os feature like Chrome, Maps, Assistant, App drawer. It has been found running on Oreo 8.1. which is quite old but still I hope it will be give good experience.
Chrome Revamped
Well as seen above seen Image entire chrome has been Rebuilt for the Dumb Phone. With new tab and other options in Round shape Icon also many more things are out there that Git codes have suggested
“All apps” text is used to show the title of the page icon you hovered over. When hovered over another site, such as the Facebook icon, we’d likely see something like “Facebook” instead. “All apps” is just the title used in touchless Chrome for the app’s Explore Sites feature.
The fact that Google took the time to redesign the New Tab Page confirms that this isn’t simply meant to be used to test websites on smaller, touchless devices. Instead this touchless Chrome appears to be a fully-featured browser for feature phones.The key detail of screenshot, however, is actually not part of Chrome. In the top left corner of both screenshots, we can see Android 8.1 Oreo’s “Android System” notification in the status bar.
So Let’s see…
Tech with Gourav 