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Reliance Jio will roll out an update to JioPhone smart feature phones on August 15 to add popular applications like WhatsApp and YouTube. Ahead of the official roll out, we take a closer look at how the applications function on a feature phone.
Reliance Jio earlier this month unveiled JioPhone 2, an upgraded version of the company’s first smart feature phone. The organization additionally reported refreshing JioPhones with help for prevalent portable applications like WhatsApp and YouTube – top missing applications on the ssmart feature phone. Reliance Jio’s JioPhone 2 will also have these popular applications.
The refresh for WhatsApp and YouTube on JioPhone will be taken off on August 15. That day, deals for JioPhone 2 will start. Prior to the refresh takes off for all clients in India, we investigated how the WhatsApp and YouTube applications take a shot at JioPhone.
WhatsApp on Reliance JioPhone
Dependence JioPhone runs a redid form of WhatsApp which appears to be very unique from the Android version. KaiOS, the designers behind the product for the Jio keen component telephones, has guaranteed the UI is really basic and improved for a low-end gadget. On a related note, KaiOS has gotten significant subsidizing from Google which will clear path for more applications on the savvy highlight telephone.
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Returning to the application, you are welcomed with your visit list on opening WhatsApp. There’s a hunt bar over the visits where clients can search for contacts and gatherings. On the left side you have the ‘new visit’ choice and on the in that spot’s a ‘more’ catch.
Inside a talk you’ll discover the content box beneath alongside two different alternatives sitting one next to the other. Every one of the highlights of WhatsApp are accessible on JioPhone. You can send photographs, recordings and voice recording too.
While the interface is quite basic and simple to-utilize, exploring through track cushions can be tedious. You’ll need to utilize the route catches to look around the application which takes some exertion and time. Be that as it may, this is most likely in light of the fact that we have become acclimated with touchscreens.
Much the same as WhatsApp, route for YouTube felt bulky. But that, the general application encounter on JioPhone was very noteworthy. The YouTube application on Reliance JioPhone holds the center highlights of the primary variant.
You have your feed, slanting and profile tabs on the landing page of YouTube. The inquiry bar is situated over the application. You can’t change the video quality on YouTube yet the default setting is really not too bad for a component telephone.
You can get to different highlights like sharing the video, check related recordings, and furthermore like or aversion. Recordings can likewise be played in full-screen mode.
JioPhone propelled with access to the organization’s suite of applications like JioTV, JioMusic, and then some. Prior this February, Facebook for JioPhone was declared. After much expectation, the organization at last affirmed WhatsApp and YouTube for JioPhone.