Google seeking suppliers in India for Pixel phonesBloombergAlphabet Inc’s Google is scouting for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel smartphones as it borrows from Apple Inc’s playbook of diversifying beyond China. Google would be the latest global technology player to move production to India. Google Pixel 7a phones are displayed at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, California, on May 10. Google built about 9 million Pixel smartphones last year, Counterpoint Research said, and the discussions in India underscore its plans to move production beyond China and Vietnam. Local assembly could help drive up Pixel sales, and if the phone effort is successful, Google could also move production of other hardware such as speakers to India, the people said.
