Report: Google Will Start Production Of Pixel 8 Pro In Q2, 2024

Google announced in October that it was going to start local production of the Pixel smartphones in India. Now, a report from Nikkei Asia claims that Google has informed its suppliers that it will begin manufacturing its Pixel line of smartphones starting from the 2nd quarter of 2024. It is further diversifying its supply chain away from China, in light of geopolitical issues between China and the world and supply chain constraints.

Google reportedly has an ambitious target of shipping more than 10 million Pixel smartphones this year, after crossing the 10 million mark for the first time in 2023. The Pixel phones have so far been made in China and Vietnam.

Google is reportedly going to start manufacturing in low volume. Google is also slated to launch a low-cost Pixel, which might be the Pixel 8A, and later in the year it will launch the Pixel 9 series. Google is also working on the Pixel Fold 2, which will be the successor to the Pixel Fold, which didn't launch in India.