Google Unveils New Products, Platforms, Access Programs In India

(RTTNews) - Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOGL, GOOG) Google announced Tuesday several new Google products, platforms and access programs at its second Google for India event. With these, the company aims to deepen India's participation in the Internet.

The company said it is starting extensive user tests of YouTube Go, a brand new mobile app completely reimagined for the next generation of YouTube users. The app was designed to load and play YouTube videos smoothly across various connectivity situations. The app also lets users share videos easily with friends and family nearby, without using any data.

YouTube Go will be India-only at first.

Further, the company announced Google Station, which gives partners an easy set of tools to roll-out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places. Google Station will provide software and guidance on hardware to turn fiber connections into fast, reliable and safe Wi-Fi zones.

The company also said that its new messaging app Allo's Google Assistant will be available in Hindi later in the year. The "Smart Replies" feature will also be available in Hindi.

Google also announced two updates to Chrome for mobile and Google Play.

Further, the Google Play app will now pre-load the most popular parts of the store on Wi-Fi so that browsing is much faster even on a weak signal.

Starting this week, the Android app Google News and Weather adds a new feature called "Lite mode" for people on low-bandwidth connections.