Reliance Jio Revamps JioBrowser and Launches JioPages Web Browser
Oct. 22, 2020RelianceJiohas revamped its JioBrowser and has released a new version it calls ‘JioPages’. The browser, built on Chromium Blink engine, takes a regional approach andsupports eight Indian languagesnamely Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Bengali.
JioPages offers features on-par with leadingmobile web browsers. When you open the browser, you’re greeted with a personalized home screen with quick links and informative cards. You can alsoread localized content within the browserand pin them to your home screen.
Thedownload manager on JioPages features quick download controls and file categorizationto let you access files based on their type including images, videos, documents, and pages. JioPages also comes with a built-in QR code scanner and voice search for quickly accessing websites. On top of this, you get anad blocker for blocking adsand pop-ups.
One different feature of JioPages is that itlets you bookmark pages in incognito mode. In fact, you can set a PIN to securely access your incognito bookmarks. I’m not sure if bookmarking on incognito tabs is a good idea, but you have the option to do that if you’re interested. And yeah, the browser comes with a dark mode.
Reliance Jio’s browser revamp comes at the time when the company is preparing to go all-in on5G. The telecom giantstarted network trialsin partnership with Qualcomm and is planning tolaunch 5G phonesthat could cost just Rs.2,500.
JioPages is currently available to download on Android. It remains unclear if Jio has plans to release an iOS variant of JioPages in the foreseeable future. If you have an Android phone, you can download the browser from the link given below.
Download JioPages (Android)
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