Reliance Jio introduced Safety-First JioBharat 4G feature phones at India Mobile Congress 2025 in October 2025, starting at ₹799.
The phones come with a Safety Shield suite that lets a guardian track location and control calls and messages through the JioThings app. Details are based on FoneArena, Business Standard and Tribune India.
What Safety Shield does
Safety Shield includes location monitoring, a usage manager to control who can call and message the phone, device and network health reports, and up to 7 days of battery backup. Jio has not published detailed hardware specifications; one report names the JioBharat V4 4G among the phones that get the feature.
Families buying a first phone for a child should also know India’s SIM rules, including the limit on SIMs per person. Jio’s other low-cost devices include the JioTag 2 tracker at ₹1,249, and our recharge plans guide compares plans for the phone.
Jio has since run an Anniversary Offer that sells eligible JioBharat 4G phones at ₹1,499 with six months of free recharge benefits, including 14GB of data a month and unlimited calls, DeshGujarat reported on October 1. Those phones include Safety Shield, a 2.4-inch display, a 2,000mAh battery, JioHotstar and UPI payments through JioPay. Offers like this change often, so confirm the current terms with Jio before quoting them.
Why it matters for mobile shops
At ₹799 and sold through regular mobile outlets as well as quick-commerce apps, the phone targets parents buying a first phone for children and families buying for elderly relatives. The JioThings app setup is the key thing to explain at the counter.
Correction (October 26, 2026): An earlier version of this article, published in June 2026, presented this as a new launch and claimed it cut rivals' prices by 40%. The phones were introduced in October 2025, and the 40% figure was unsupported.
