Google is bringing its public Wi-Fi program, known as Google Station, to Indonesia.
Google Station — a program that gives companies partnering with the tech titan an easy way to roll-out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places — offers up software and guidance on hardware to turn fiber connections into Wi-Fi zones while offering users a simple and unified login.
“To help improve access to the Internet, we’re bringing Google Station to Indonesia in partnership with FiberStar and CBN,” the company said in a blog post that announced a number of new Google products coming to the country. “Our partners will roll out fast and reliable Wi-Fi hotspots at hundreds of venues across Java and Bali over the next year.”
Also on the list of new-to-Indonesia products is YouTube Go, a mobile app that, thus far, has been launched only in India. The app, which will soon debut in the country, was built to load and play YouTube videos smoothly despite connectivity issues while also making sure users can control and easily understand their data consumption. The app permits users to share videos easily with nearby friends and family without it counting in their data usage.
Google also announced a partnership with Indonesia hospital group Mitra Keluarga to offer a new product dubbed Health Answers.
“Indonesia is one of the first countries where we’ll launch locally-tailored answers to questions about health on Google Search later this year,” the company said, adding that search results will offer up “common symptoms and treatments for Indonesia’s 700 most prevalent health conditions.”
Google Assistant, meanwhile, will be coming to Bahasa, Indonesia. Those living in that city will be able to chat with and get answers from the Google Assistant, the firm’s machine learning-powered digital assistant, via the Allo messaging app.
