Reliance Launches India’s Own Browser JioPages: All You Need to Know

Reliance has now launched its very own Made in India browser called JioPages. JioPages, which is currently only available for Andorid phones, can be donwloaded from Google Play store. Reliance says that since web security is the most important subject of discussion and practice currently, the time is now ripe to launch a Made in India browser that focuses on data-privacy and gives users full control of their information.

JioPages, according to Reliance, keeps privacy at the core of the browser. It has been built on the powerful Chromium Blink engine, which provides enhanced browsing experience through faster engine migration, best in-class webpage rendering, faster page loads, efficient media streaming, Emoji domain support and encrypted connection.

Salient Features of JioPages

Personalised Home Screen: Users have the option of setting any of the leading search engines in the market such as Google, Bing, MSN, Yahoo or Duck Duck Go, as their default search engine. They could also pin the links of their favourite websites on the home screen for quick and easy access.

Personalized theme: Users could choose from a variety of colourful background themes that could add zest to the browsing experience. They could also switch to ‘Dark mode’ for an eyefriendly viewing experience at night.

Personalised Content: The content feed is customised to suit the user’s preference in terms of language, topic and region. In addition to this, JioPages sends notifications only on topics that are either important or of interest to the user.

Informative Cards: An Informative Card captures key numbers, trends, symbols or headlines of a given topic, for e.g. stock market trends, commodity prices or cricket score, and displays them as compact clickable banners on the screen.

Regional Content: The browser supports eight Indian languages: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali. Users also have the option of customising the content feed according to their preferred state. Upon selecting a state, the popular sites of the state start appearing on the screen.

Advanced Download Manager: The browser automatically categorises downloads according to the file type, i.e. Image, Video, Document or Pages. This makes file management easier for the user.

Secured Incognito Mode: The Incognito mode enables private browsing by preventing browsing history from being stored in the system. On JioPages, user has the option of setting a four-digit security PIN or fingerprint as an access code to the Incognito mode.

Ad Blocker: The browser blocks unsolicited ads and popups to provide the user a seamless browsing experience. Those who wish to test JioPages can download it from Google Play Store.