Rick Osterloh, the former CEO of Motorola became the patron of the hardware division of Google, had convinced David Foster, the creator of Amazon Kindle, of the join. His new mission : to support, among other things, the development of future Pixel.
last year already, the first signs of a real new strategy, “hardware” was being felt at Google. The appearance of the Pixel C, the first tablet developed by Google “and without any marking of a third-party manufacturer, and the presentation of the Nexus 6P, phone premium, including the positioning is the opposite of the spirit,” Nexus “, were only a prelude to the development of an ambitious portfolio. And, this evening, this should be confirmed with the launch of Pixel and Pixel XL, two terminals premium (with high-end components like the Snapdragon 821de Qualcomm). But, behind the scenes, Google reinforces strategically its teams to fulfil this ambition. Leaves to go poach from competitors.
Kindle Fire
one of The creators of the Kindle arrives at Google
After Rick Osterloh, who left the Lenovo group to take the lead of a division emerging in Google dedicated to activities hardware, it is the turn of David Foster to join the ranks of the firm of Mountain View. According to an article published by our colleagues of The Information citing a source close to the recruitment. He arrived Monday at her new office. And he takes the title of vice-president in charge of product development. It should, therefore, be responsible for supervision of the next Pixel. It will be under the direct command of Rick Osterloh.
The profile of David Foster is very interesting. It was until now the director of the ” Lab126 of Amazon, a version of the Google ATAP which have been developed Echo and Dash, two products now sold by Amazon (the first is a box home automation with voice command and the second is a reader of bar code, interactive). He has also participated in the launch of the Kindle and Kindle Fire, the unquestionable success that it would be one of the main architects. Previously, David Foster would have participated in the creation of various products, hardware at Microsoft and Apple. This is a CV very interesting.
more consistency in the hardware
Even if the target hardware is likely to be the same (bring in the greatest number of people a gateway to its online services), Google seems to want to give a coherence to its product strategy. The removal of some of the projects not enough for the general public (Google Ara in particular), the repositioning of others (Google Glass), the change of name for the range of smartphones (Nexus-Pixel) and the hiring of certain executives in the profile is very marked : these are all signs that announce major changes. And the conference of this evening should give the tone.
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