Vodafone Idea Launches Contactless Voice-Based Recharges at Retail Store By Techtonic group In an effort to help maintain healthy social distancing practices, Vodafone Idea has launched a voice-based contactless recharge method aimed at retail stores. The feature will be implemented through Vodafone Idea's Smart Connect retailer app . "In order to facilitate contactless recharges, Smart Connect is now enabled with voice-based recharge feature and is available at all Vodafone Idea own stores and multi-branded stores.", said the company in a statement. In ideal scenarios, retailers usually ask customers to enter the phone number they wish to recharge for. With this feature present in the Smart Connect app, users will not have to manually enter the number and can simply speak the number out , which the app recognizes using Google's voice recognition . The step comes at a time when retailers in Green and Orange zones have gradually started reopening store...