Google has announced a major internal reorganization, forming a “platforms and devices” team under Rick Osterloh that will oversee Pixel, Nest, Android, Chrome, and more.
Announced via The Verge, Google plans to reorganize its Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, Photos, and other teams under the same roof as its Pixel, Nest, and other hardware efforts. Rick Osterloh will lead the new Platforms and Devices team.
Hiroshi Lockheimer, the longtime Android team leader, will be moving to undisclosed “other projects” within Google and Alphabet.
However, Osterloh says this transition doesn’t destroy the “firewall” that existed between Pixel and Android as a whole. Google’s Sameer Samat will take on the role of “President of the Android Ecosystem” and will continue to work with third parties on their Android efforts.
Osterloh said the reason for the change is to further the company’s AI efforts.
Having Android, Pixel, and more all under the same roof will allow us to quickly deploy AI across Google’s products, especially with Android in mind. As an example of how this speeds up AI products, Jay Yagnik, an engineer on his AI team at Google, said that to make it easier to get the latest AI models from DeepMind to product teams, It is noted that he is scheduled to transfer to the Osterloh team. Apparently, the new structure will allow Google to move teams more quickly to build product applications using the latest AI models Google is working on.
For the end consumer, it appears that changes in this structure, at least for now, are not necessarily reflected in the final product, but rather are influenced by the speed with which these updates and changes are made.
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