Google picks southern Indian state for smartphone productionBloombergGoogle plans to invest billions of dollars in India’s Tamil Nadu state to set up smartphone production, picking the southern industrial province for its manufacturing push in the country. Its Wing subsidiary will also assemble drones in Tamil Nadu, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Photo: AFPA team from the Tamil Nadu government, comprising Minister for Industries T.R.B. Indian news Web site Moneycontrol earlier reported Google’s plan to manufacture in Tamil Nadu. Google said last year it will begin production of its Pixel 8 smartphones in India, without disclosing a location.