Jio will launch JioSoundPay service on Republic Day. This facility will be available for free on JioBharat phones for lifetime. Actually, from JioSoundPay you will be able to get UPI payment alerts without any sound box. This is the first feature of its kind available on any mobile phone in India. More than 5 crore small entrepreneurs and small traders of the country will get direct benefits from this.

According to the company, JioSoundPay is an unprecedented innovation. Which will give instant, multilingual audio alert message of every UPI payment. This will make it easier for small grocery stores, vegetable vendors and roadside food vendors to do business. Existing small and micro traders pay around Rs 125 per month for the sound box. With this service now available for free on JioSoundPay, JioBharat phone users will be able to save up to Rs 1,500 annually.

JioBharat phone was launched about a year ago and is considered to be the most affordable 4G phone in the world, which is priced at only Rs 699. In this way, any merchant purchasing a new JioBharat phone can recover the full cost of the phone in just 6 months. To celebrate 75 years of the Republic of India, Jio presents Vande Mataram tunes in modern music on JioSoundPay.

Sunil Dutt, President, Jio, said, “Jio believes in leveraging technology to empower every Indian. “With the free JioSoundPay feature on JioBharat and a soulful rendition of Vande Mataram, we are celebrating the spirit of India and reaffirming our commitment to building a true Digital India.”