Consumer tech company Glance posts video unravelling the suspense; states that users don’t need these buttons if they have Glance smart lock screen
Indore: As the mystery surrounding the surfacing of giant buttons labelled as
‘unlock, ‘download’ and ‘search’ in garbage bins across the country deepens, a
video posted on social media channels by smart lock screen platform Glance, has
finally lifted the lid on the suspense. In this video posted across social
media channels on Wednesday,
Glance has shown photographs and videos of people dumping these giant symbolic
buttons for its smart lock screen, which doesn’t require users to unlock their
phones, download and search to access different content on the internet.
“Get everything you love from latest trends to
sports updates, from 500+ games to shopping for fashion on your Glance smart
lock screen. No need to ‘unlock’, ‘search’ or ‘download’. #JustGlance. Isn't
that Simply Smart?”, the
Bengaluru-based unicorn start-up company said in a Twitter post along with the
video.
Last
week, giant buttons labelled 'search,' 'unlock,' and 'download' were discovered
abandoned in various garbage dumps throughout the city, including prominent
locations like Indore Palasia, Rajmoholla Circle near Press Club, and Vijay
Nagar Square. Surprisingly, these buttons were not limited to Indore alone, but
they appeared in multiple cities and towns across the country, including
Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Chennai and more. This
unexpected find ignited widespread curiosity nationwide, prompting people to
express their thoughts and engage in discussions on social media. Thousands of
people took to Twitter and posted these photos along with discussions on topics
such as digital detoxification and pioneering digital advancements with
hashtags #mysterybuttons and #buttonsdiscovered.
“Last
week jab India ka cleanest city #Indore mein I saw giant buttons saying
‘download’ ‘search’ ‘unlock’ being trashed, I was genuinely surprised… then
guess what today found out that it was done by @glancescreen jinka smart lock
screen it seems was the reason people were discarding those functions! ” Amrish
Kumar said
in a tweet.
Glance is a Bengaluru-based unicorn
(start-up with a valuation of more than USD$1 billion) technology company known
for its smart lock screen platform which is available in most of the leading
Android smartphone brands in the country. The Glance lock screen today has an
installed user base of over 450 million across India and Southeast Asia. The
company also aims to enter multiple other geographies including the USA.
The human spirit is indomitable, always thirsting to do more. Our smartphones were meant to be our companion on this epic quest for more - to help us keep up, get things done and spark new ideas. But in this fast-paced world, there is a firehose of information that keeps coming at us. Searching for info, downloading apps, switching between apps, and scrolling through feeds is leaving us drained. With Glance Smart Lock Screen less is more. Everything we seek comes to us on our lock screen, instead of us seeking it. We don’t need to spend any time searching for info, downloading multiple or even unlocking our smartphone. All we need is to just glance. #SimplySmart said Bikash Chowdhury, Chief Marketing Officer of Glance, on a LinkedIn post
Glance is not a downloadable
app, but a feature that comes pre-integrated in the operating system (OS) of
leading smartphone brands. It serves
as a single gateway to a world of tailored content based on users’ interests
and preferences in several regional languages including English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, and Bengali. Glance can
be activated only with the user’s consent.
Users can
stay updated and discover trending content, play over 400 games, livestream
exciting game tournaments, shop for products, tune in to over 500 creators'
live shows, and more, all without unlocking their phones. It's like having a
personalized content feed at the user’s fingertips, ready to entertain and
inform whenever one needs it.
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