Tag Archives: KaiOS

While smartphones are increasingly approaching feature phone pricing, the latter category still has a place. As such, “smart” feature phones exist, and many are powered by KaiOS, though Google Assistant in recent months lost the ability to make calls and send texts through voice commands.  Smart feature phones are defined by the presence of internet-powered apps, with Google offering YouTube, Google Maps, and Lens. Assistant is the other big addition and closely integrated with… Source link

One of the more useful features you can access through Assistant on Android and iOS is Google Lens translations. The tool allows you to snap a photo of something in the real world and let Lens transcribe the text into a language you can read. Google is now making that functionality available on KaiOS phones in India.  KaiOS, if you need a refresher, is an operating system for feature phones that includes select Google services. As of last year, the software was running on more than 80… Source link

Google on Tuesday said users of KaiOS – which powers devices like JioPhone and HMD Global’s Banana Phone (Nokia 8110 4G) – will now be able to use Google Lens on their phones to read and translate words in real-time. Google Lens is an image recognition technology that is designed to bring out relevant information related to objects it identifies using visual analysis. In a blogpost, Google said the company has been adding features like integrated voice typing on KaiOS, voice-based language… Source link