BENGALURU: Global technology brand, OnePlus, today shared its vision for a future centred around personalized artificial intelligence for everyone. Supporting this vision, OnePlus unveiled the Plus Key, a new hardware customization which will debut on the upcoming OnePlus 13s, alongside a new OnePlus AI brand and a suite of new AI features designed to enhance productivity, creativity and security.

“The foundation of OnePlus AI is built upon a deep understanding of our users, and they’ve told us they want AI to help them work smart, play hard, and be their authentic selves,” said Arthur Lam, Director of OxygenOS and AI Strategy at OnePlus. “That’s why our mission for OnePlus AI is to help our users go All In On Life, creating personalised AI solutions based around our users’ unique wants and needs.”

Plus Key: A New Gateway to Personalized AI

Complementing the aim of a personalized AI experience, OnePlus introduced the all-new Plus Key. This customizable hardware button debuts on the upcoming OnePlus 13s and is planned to roll out across all OnePlus smartphones launching this year.

As an evolution of the iconic OnePlus Alert Slider, the Plus Key is a customizable button programmable for various actions like switching sound profiles, launching the camera, initiating translation, or starting recordings. Crucially, the Plus Key also activates AI Plus Mind, a new feature designed to quickly save, catalog, and recall key information found on the screen. This capability marks a major step towards delivering truly personalized AI.

When users find information they wish to retain, such as schedules, event details, reservations, or listings, they can capture it by pressing the Plus Key or swiping up with three fingers. AI Plus Mind intelligently saves the relevant on-screen content to a dedicated Mind Space, helping users combat information overload by capturing precisely what is needed and keeping it organized in one accessible location.

Beyond simple screen capture, AI Plus Mind leverages AI to analyze content contextually. For instance, it can extract schedule details from an image or text and add them directly to the user’s calendar. AI Search, integrated with AI Plus Mind, supports natural language queries for easy retrieval of saved content. Later this year, AI Plus Mind will also automatically categorize saved content for better organization.

AI Plus Mind will debut on the OnePlus 13s and become available on the rest of the OnePlus 13 Series via a future software update, with wider rollout plans for other devices to follow.

Work Smarter, Play Harder with OnePlus AI

OnePlus is actively developing a suite of tools leveraging OnePlus AI to enhance user efficiency and creativity:

• AI VoiceScribe: Enables users to record, summarize, and translate calls and meetings directly within popular messaging, video, and online meeting applications.
• AI Call Assistant (coming to India): On the OnePlus 13s, the OnePlus Dialer will offer options for automatic Call Summaries or real-time Call Translation during calls.
• AI Translation: Consolidates all translation capabilities – text, live voice, camera-based, and screen translation – into a single, intuitive app, making it easier to understand foreign languages and connect globally.
• AI Search: AI Search enables conversational, natural language queries, seamlessly searching local files, settings, notes, and calendars for contextually relevant results. Integrated with AI Plus Mind, it enhances productivity through intuitive, interactive searches.
• AI Reframe: Intelligently analyzes photo scenes, identifies the subject, and adjusts composition, generating multiple creative framing options for users to choose from.
• AI Best Face 2.0 (coming this summer through OTA): Enhances group photos by automatically detecting and correcting issues like closed eyes or suboptimal expressions for more polished results. This feature supports images with up to 20 individuals and works even with photos captured on other devices.

Furthermore, OnePlus has unveiled deeper integration with Google Gemini. Coming soon, Gemini will work across OxygenOS apps, such as OnePlus Notes, Clock, and more, as well as Google’s apps, making it a seamless AI experience.

With Gemini Live with camera and screen sharing, users will have real-time conversations about what is captured by their camera and what is on their phone screen, creating a more practical, engaging, and intimate interaction with their surroundings.

Private Computing Cloud: Balancing Privacy and Performance

For AI features involving highly sensitive information, OnePlus prioritizes on-device processing within a trusted environment. When more intensive computation is required, the company’s Private Computing Cloud provides a secure, encrypted environment for data processing, designed to keep user data private and inaccessible to unauthorized parties. This is achieved through a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) that spans the user’s device, the cloud servers, and the data transfer process itself.

With the hybrid approach, OnePlus ensures user privacy remains protected while delivering seamless and powerful AI performance.

Building a Personalized and Secure AI Future

OnePlus AI embodies an approach founded on understanding user needs and prioritizing data security through innovations like the PCC.

Through these advancements and a dedication to continuous innovation, OnePlus aims to deliver deeply personalized and secure AI experiences via an intelligent AI operating system that seamlessly integrates into and enhances users’ lives.

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MUMBAI: Hitachi Payment Services, India’s leading payments and commerce solutions provider today launched its financial inclusion business to redefine access to financial services for the underbanked and unbanked sections of society. Through this strategic launch, the company has added a critical extension to its existing bouquet of services and will further drive inclusive growth.

The list of services includes – Aadhaar Enabled Payment Services, Micro ATM Services, Domestic Money Transfers, Mobile & DTH Recharges, and Bill Payments

For the initial launch, Hitachi Payment Services has partnered with YES BANK, demonstrating its commitment to collaborative efforts for financial inclusion. The partnership leverages YES BANK’s strong banking expertise and Hitachi Payment Services’ extensive network and technology infrastructure to provide reliable and secure financial services to the underserved.

The financial inclusion business will be operated under the brand ‘Hitachi Money Spot Plus’ through a network of retailers called Hitachi Partners and will have a strong focus in Tier 3 to Tier 6 towns across the country. Driving financial empowerment and innovation, the array of services under the financial inclusion business has been made available through its comprehensive app ‘Hitachi Money Spot Plus’ on Google Playstore. The app provides a convenient one-stop platform for financial services and this digital approach complements the Hitachi Partners network, ensuring accessibility and seamless service delivery across the country.

On the launch of the financial inclusion initiative, Anuj Khosla, Chief Executive Officer – Digital Business, Hitachi Payment Services, said, “The remarkable growth of internet penetration and financial literacy in India, especially in our rural communities, presents an urgent call for a resilient payment infrastructure that can keep pace with this rapid expansion. Retailers and merchants are the last mile touchpoints, enabling easy access to finance for customers. Recognizing this, we are extending our services to include financial inclusion initiatives. In essence, we are not just building a payment infrastructure; we are building bridges to financial empowerment and contributing to the nation’s progress.”

Naveen Chaluvadi, Chief Digital Officer at YES BANK, said “YES BANK has partnered with Hitachi Payment Services to launch Hitachi Money Spot Plus as part of our commitment to promote financial inclusion. This initiative is aimed at enabling financial transactions at hinterlands, focus on taking digital benefits to the last mile in an assisted digital mode”.

Anuj Saraswat, Business Head, Financial Services & Inclusion, Hitachi Payment Services, stated “At Hitachi Payment Services, innovation and financial empowerment are the guiding principles that drive everything we do. We believe that everyone should have access to the financial tools and resources that they require to progress, and we are committed to using technology to make that a reality. Our mission is to bridge the financial divide to empower individuals and communities to thrive. With ‘Hitachi Money Spot Plus’ we have embarked on a transformative journey to build a more inclusive financial ecosystem in India.“

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